August 30, 2009
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Posting Photos on Xanga
Trunthepaige posted a photo of herself on her xanga site. Another blogger who does not like her, copied her photo and posted it on his xanga site and said some negative things about her.
Trun is asking the Xanga Team to take down the photo. The Xanga Team has known about this situation for over 24 hours.
Should the Xanga Team shut down a site if the guy refuses to remove the photo of Trun?
Comments (149)
yes – it should be in violation of some sort of xanga rule.
Yes, it should be taken down. It seems like harassment.
yes–it’s a violation IMO.
Yes, if you did not take the picture or have permission to use it then I think the site should be shut down.
It’s a little more than “some negative things”. He pretty much lambasted her like some mental midget.
His site is now Ex rated because of that sexual harassment. If it left altogether, my heart wouldn’t break.
YES- it is a no-brainer.
Yes.
isnt that like against something somewhere? I dont know internet rules
Yes. It is an abuse of priviledge.
No shiz.
yes it should he didn’t get any rights to use the photo.
Yes.
i smell drama. but either way, it’s a definite and a certain yes to the question.
i wonder who that person is…
p.s.: ur like the xanga-police/xanga-news breaker or something lol..
It does violate copyright laws… YES, LAWS!, but unless she presses charges, (which she hasn’t), I don’t see why the Xanga team should do anything. It’s not harassment.. It’s simply a post about someone that you don’t like.
Nothing wrong with that.
However, if her reason is because of copyright laws, then YES, the Xanga Team should remove it or they themselves can be sued.
i think the photo absolutely SHOULD be taken down, but perhaps not shut that person’s site down. if this is a first offense, perhaps a warning. however, if this individual has done this before and is basically ignoring the warnings – then yes. even if we place our art, music, photos, or writings on our site, there is a intellectual copyright automatically given us by U.S. law. there is also the question of defamation of character involved here. i hope that person will remove the photo on his own and make an apology. that’s the right thing to do. ♪
Depends on the nature of the photograph and the use of the photograph.
There are reasoanble bounds of fair use.
if a person has a problem with it then yes.
If the person of the picture is upset with it yes, other than that no.
Yes.
OH THAT WACKY HECTOR
He’s stolen my pictures before. What the fuck ever, really.
Who the hell is Hector? Why have I never heard of him before? Ahhh.
yes ! even though it is her fault for posting up the picture in the first place, a blogger should not have degraded her the way that he did. the picture should be removed or the bloggers account should be taken down.
Dude, if there was nothing wrong with the photo, then it shouldn’t be such a big deal.
I personally couldn’t care less if someone took my boobs picture and posted it on their site, calling me a slut or whatever else. It doesn’t matter, because I know I’m not, and I’m doing nothing wrong with posting pictures of myself. I’m proud of any picture I post on here… and if other people aren’t proud of what they’re posting, and they get offended when people call them names because of these pictures, then why were these pictures being posted in the first place?
This all just seems like a big pity party to me, and that’s not something for which I can have respect.
Yeah, copyright laws and all that. Also, decency would suggest that at least giving the guy a warning would be the right thing to do.
yep!
@Drakonskyr - We’ve made that man famous.
They absolutely should NOT shut down his site, or even remove the picture.
Absolutely NOT.
That is not her PRIVATE property when she puts it on the internet and has not protected it in any way. I saw the post he made and while he did say negative things about her, he did not claim the photo in any way and actually acknowledged it as being hers.
This is ridiculous and not the kind of stuff the Xanga team needs to be focusing on.
I’ll add that xanga has a feature to make any photo you desire private and it also has friend’s lock and signin lock so she should have complete control over who is at her site and what they see.
Since it is her picture, she owns the copyright for it, and thus it is illegal for him to post the picture without permission. She can deal with this by filing a DMCA takedown notice (either written by her lawyer, or by herself initially) to either xanga or to the person who is actually infringing. If Xanga fails to comply then they are fully liable under the law.
http://www.hooverwebdesign.com/articles/how-to-file-a-dmca-copyright-violation.html Here is a link with more information about how to do it.
Well…I think it just goes to show you must be careful what you post on the internet.
Personally, I can’t stand trunthepaige. I fucking hate her guts and wish she’d quit replying to the comments I leave on Mr. Partisan’s site. Oh well, she’s just a typical Jesus-freak I guess. Now, that said, would I ever steal her pics and use them against her? Absolutely not. I might rant and rave about her on my site in the form of a blog post, but never would I steal her picture in an attempt to tear her apart. I’m good enough with words to do that with words alone.
I guess I’m pretty neutral about this. And the guy in question I believe has a lot to offer the Xanga community (we atheists need a bigger representation and voice on Xanga anyway). I neither condone nor condemn what he did.
BTW: How can you own copyrights to anything if you don’t go through the copyright office to obtain the copyright on it? That just makes no sense to me…
It is unlikely she has a legal argument since she posted the picture in a public domain (I assume has not ‘claimed’ it with a (C) of authorship) and has essentially offered it as an open source document.
That does not however prevent the Xanga team from having a rule against ‘flaming’ or using a fellow blogger’s material without permission.
@phantomFive - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Xanga has the ability to shut down sites of abusive TOS users!? NO WAIII
@neverreallyover - It is protected 100% by US and international copyright law. She made it, after all, it should be, and she can take legal action.
@abilene_piper_lg - Creative or intellectual property belongs to the creator as soon as they present it publically with the (c) symbol. Having the copyright office confirm one’s claim lends legal standing in proving the author is the creator, but legally somebody’s creation belongs to them as soon as they say so by claiming it.
@phantomFive - Just because you make something does not mean that you have copyrighted it or protected it when it comes to legal matters.
Otherwise every post I’ve made here could not be copied or used due to publishing laws.
Copyrighting is a LEGAL process, not something granted to those simply because they post a picture on a website.
@JosephParsons - Fair enough. I’ll be the first to admit I’m no lawyer or anything of that sort and as such I don’t really know all the ins and outs. I’ve always gone by the thought “when in doubt don’t use it” and have never really had any issues.
Copyrighting is a legal process. End of story. Posting a photograph on a social networking site without making use of the numerous privacy options is public domain. Simply putting a copyright symbol next to an image, document, or anything else has absolutely no legal standing whatsoever. The man who posted this image was simply proving a point. This image was free to the public to view and by no means illegal to redistribute. He never claimed this image belonged to him, was an original work, or anything of that nature. This is a bible-thumper who is angry because someone posted a picture of herself in a not-so-Christian setting.
@neverreallyover - In fact, all you have to do to own a copyright is create something, and yes, every post you’ve made on here cannot be copied or used without your permission……unless you agreed to give up some of those rights when you signed up for xanga or facebook.
This is according to the Berne Convention, an international treaty which the US joined in 1989.
@SerenaDante - and yet, it wasnt because of the picture was it? the picture was merely a tool in carrying out a completely unrelated grudge. to quote the joker, “it would be funny if it werent so pathetic…”
Apparently a lot of people have no clue how complex copyright laws are. They assume that once the term copyright is used (which this is NOT the case), that the copyrighted item cannot be used or distributed with or without permission.
No
@CelestialTeapot - Are you suggesting that this is fair use? I haven’t seen it, so I don’t think I can make a judgement on it personally, but from the description in Dan’s post it doesn’t seem to fall under the fair use provisions.
In any case, once she has filed a DMCA takedown notice, it is up to xanga or the site owner to either take it down or provide a legal justification for keeping it there, and make their own case that it is fair use.
It’s copyright infringement. You do not have to purchase a copyright or go through a process to get one for it to exist. The idea that one has to go through a copyright office is outdated. A photo you take, a story you write, whatever, is your intellectual property. You can take legal action against someone for redistributing it. So, yes. If the copyright holder requests that her photo, of herself, which she took, be removed, then yes, they should take it down.
@phantomFive - Ok I actually just read that. I was wrong there. Sorry I wasn’t aware.
But I still disagree with this whole thing and do not think he should have any actions taken against him.
The fact of the matter is that we’re dealing with a man who copied a picture from one part of a single website to another. The woman is angry because she was knocked off her high-and-mighty stack of bibles. What is the best way to combat this? Complain.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ38a.pdf
Also of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_Copyright_Treaty
@neverreallyover - Really? You think it should be ok to steal someone’s picture, post it on their own site, and then make fun of them? That seems lame to me.
I really find it amusing that this is so partisan and very predictable so far as who is supporting old hector the prev
@faerieshadow - Yes. A set of copyright laws and applications that don’t specify the use of an image on a public website. Especially when this is an image posted to a website that was simply moved from one branch of the site to another.
@bamfdaddy - Any image taken by a person (or poem written, or whatever) is automatically legally copyrighted. All it has to do is be created.
To clarify, there are no damages to be had from a copyright infringement. While the default position is anything a person creates is automatically their copyrighted material unless they opt out, that does not imply people cannot, under fair use, make use of your materials. If you have no damages, then there is nothing you can sue against other than someone redistributed your entirely free product. Posting pictures or writing stuff on your blog does not constitute anything that is financially in need of security. There is no infringement to something that is published on the public domain. It’s basically saying “I posted it on the open web and you downloaded it, that’s illegal!” Well, no it isn’t. Even if someone reuses it, changes it, whatever, they’ve then created something NEW. So my quoting another blog, posting another blogger’s photographs, does not constitute a violation of fair use, and by using it, it is just as legitimately “mine” since it is on my blog, and my creation. Everyone wants to jump on the copyright bandwagon because something was done in bad taste, but no one knows wtf they’re talking about.
hmm I would love to say we are all adults and should be able to solve the small issue at hand with out all the dramatics but if people are stealing other peoples pics and harassing them then that’s makes it hard to say that lmao . Honestly that dude has some growing up to do but no is my answer … its the way he feels and she put the picture up knowing that it could possibly happen … this is the internet. If she is mature she will get over it and move on for god sakes its only a blog.
Undoubtedly, YES.
I bet half you guys saying “intellectual property”/etc … probably pirate music. can’t have it both ways.
@bryangoodrich - <—— FTW
@bryangoodrich - The copyright holder has three months to file at the US copyright office from the time of infringement. If she does so, she can sue for statutory damages, which can reach up to $150,000 per infringement.
Also, just because you change it doesn’t mean it is fair use. It may even be considered a derivative work, in which case you may still be liable.
@phantomFive - Yeah, actually I do think someone should be able to do that. I know it’s not very nice, but hey… how many people do you think are on xanga that actually live to be nice 24/7?
Hmm…
I really agree with what he said, too. That was hardly a ‘Christian’ photo, in any way. It’s fucking ridiculous and if I wanted that type of publicity on my site, I’d do the same thing that he did.
@trunthepaige - I can understand how you’d be upset, but I can also understand and agree with the points he made.
Too bad?I’m not -for- him, I only have visited his site today and read that one post there.
I am supporting him copying your picture and then making fun of you/saying negative things about you.
I’m sure I’d support you doing the same thing if you wanted to.
@Garistotle - His site is now Ex rated because of that sexual harassment. If it left altogether, my heart wouldn’t break.
Oh, so you were the one who tagged his site explicit. How just of you.
@phantomFive - The work would have to be copyrighted prior to the infringement, or up to three months after the work was created (published), NOT after the infringement (link). She would also need to show statutory damages. Good luck with that one.
@neverreallyover - Good I am so happy that you would support me in spamming your site with about 5000 comments of 10000 words or more. That is also against xanga written policy but you would not mind if that is violated as well.
I will take that as an invitation
@CelestialTeapot - That is cool to hear
YES! The man is breaking multiple laws, such as stealing and posting blog with malicious intent. Somebody should report this to the authorities, NOT Xanga Team.
In case you haven’t read XndraXstz’s blog, she posted a newspaper article regarding a Xangan who harassed another with a sexual comment and the guy ended up in court. He was eventually found guilty and his name published.
How many times does this have to happen before people realize just how public the internet is. Putting anything personal up isn’t a good idea, yet it happens again and again…
Hector is a silly bitch
@trunthepaige - I’m pretty sure that’s not what I said I’d support. I do not support harassment like that. I don’t think his recent blog is harassment in any way.
But be my fucking guest, sweetie.I will welcome you with open arms to come spam my site.
That makes you the bigger person here, doesn’t it?
Lesson to be learn here, you are responsible for your own blog and how you portray yourself to the public. While it’s good to be outspoken and opinionated, your very actions and words will someday come back and hit right back at you. It’s called Karma, ladies and gents.
I think they should delete his account.
@emberfly_layouts - technically it doesn’t because she would actually have to have a copywrite on the photo. Also, the photo was not intellectual property, so it’s for anybody’s taking. However if he was going to be sued for anything it’d be for liable and/or sexual harassment.
Technically what he did was practice his first amendment right. While I disagree with what he did, I would defend to the death his right to do so. Isn’t that what blogging is? Free speech. I don’t think he should be ex rated either. Censorship is weak sauce.
@xcitest - Lesson to be learn here, you are responsible for your own blog and how you portray yourself to the public. While it’s good to be outspoken and opinionated, your very actions and words will someday come back and hit right back at you. It’s called Karma, ladies and gents.
Right, Misbehave and you give the lynchmob a moral step ladder.
@xcitest - YES! The man is breaking multiple laws, such as stealing and posting blog with malicious intent.
Fair use and free speech.
Distasteful =/= illegal.
@kvdubs - technically it doesn’t because she would actually have to have a copywrite on the photo.
Trunthepaige owned the rights to the image from the moment she took it. When Hector downloaded and reposted the image, it belonged to Trun.
From wikipedia:
“In all countries where the Berne Convention standards apply, copyright is automatic, and need not be obtained through official registration with any government office”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright#Obtaining_and_enforcing_copyright
Yes
if i’m not mistaken, i think it’s a federal offense to steal someone’s photo online if the person has previously requested for no one to do so
Reading her entry on what he did with the picture, yes. That sounds like something the Xanga team shouldn’t dismiss.
yes – if it’s mine.
no – if it’s someone else.
double standard.
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yes.
No shut down just taken down. I don’t think some things are actually copyrighted but if what I am assuming to be true he may have not done anything wrong, but out of good will and keeping the peace, I think they should remove the post. And she should block him from his site as well, that would be a sensible thing to do.
@ionekoa - A grudge which had been equally carried out by the other person. Lol. Perhaps this person felt that the feud between the two of them was suddenly “too much to handle,” which is why she reported the issue.
Again, because this isn’t something that I would ever do and because I find it stupid that others would do this, it just seems like a huge pity party to me.
Not to mention that this has happened before. Yosho put up a picture of one of the MXA contestants and called her fat and ugly. Stephanie calmly asked him to take it down – and like in this instance, he did take off the picture. No one went and ex-rated his site or banned him then. I’ve also been the subject of multiple abuses – not necessarily with my pictures actually on other sites, but with perfect descriptions of them, so people can easily find them, plus insults. I don’t see how that’s any different, and I don’t see that if that wasn’t deserving of ex-ratings on the other person’s site or banning of the other person, why this is.
@phantomFive - You don’t own the copyright to anything unless you specifically pay for those rights. Just posting “your” picture on the internet (who’s to say that someone else didn’t take it of you? – it happens all the time, after all, and in that case it’s not “yours”) doesn’t give you the copyright to anything.
This is retarded. Maybe next time someone takes so much as a quote I post and insults it, I should start a huge drama-battle + sympathy post series, though… it seems to be working so well.
@SerenaDante - I couldn’t find your booby pic, but I like your site and your honesty. And your opinion on this subject aligns with mine 100%.
So, trade your boob picture for mine? ;>)
Is it the photo or the context that has eveybody’s panties in a bunch? If he was just insulting her, as she is quite capable and ready to do to others, that would be okay? If he just posted the pic, and said nothing inflammatory, would that be okay?
i’m sure if the person knew the reaction would be this severe to the use of the photo that had they to do it again they would have simply used a stick figure drawing and said precisely the same negative things…
I really don’t get this outrage in this case. Admittedly I didn’t see the original article. But seriously, go just about anywhere on the internet and you’ll see people writing negative stuff about people and using photos released publicly. If you go to news opinion sites or gossip sites that’s like basically all that they do.
I do not like it when people write entirely negative posts about someone with or without photos. I think it’s kinda crass. If you’re going to critique someone at least be clever about it. Better yet do your best to resolve your issues with the person without trying to publicly humiliate them.
I just don’t get why the fact that there was a photo involved makes it so much more heinous in this case.
Again though I never read the entry and can’t now because some petty fools decided to mark it as Explicit, hence forcing everyone who doesn’t go through Xanga’s absurd process to get access to explicit sites to rely on hearsay rather than being able to discover the facts on their own and make their own judgments.
Regardless I DEFINITELY don’t think Xanga Team should get involved. Really this is just an internal dispute between two users. The community can sort it out. If Xanga gets involved in EVERY user dispute where there is a claim of violation of Xanga’s TOS they will soon become so embroiled in internal politics and find it very difficult to retain neutrality. They’d be alienating users and picking favorites. It’s just not good business unless they can enforce their terms universally and effectively through automated software processes like youtube uses.
Really raising a big stink over this is kinda meaningless. If you feel your rights have been violated get a lawyer and try to get Justice through ordinary recognized means. You can send a DMCA take down notice and possibly try to get Xanga to be forced to reveal the identity of the infringer. It’s all rather standard fair. Nothing to get excited over. And despite people acting like this is a big new shocking no no, it really does happen all the time on Xanga and all blogs and forums.
Yeah, he doesn’t have permission to use said photo.
Yep.
Yes – shut down!
….if you put something on the internet is it not up for grabs unless copyrighted to you with only your permission? maybe i am confused about this.
I think they should ask him to remove it or shut down the site.
I see my photos on sites a lot without credit or permission. I know that if I post them people might use them without permission.
That is not the same as this situation with Trun and I am sorry that this happened to her ,we need to understand that this is a chance we take when we post our pic on the world wide web.
Mhm
Def. violation of privacy rights. There should be a way to post pictures without them being able to be copied.
yeah.
If someone used a picture of me without my permission it wouldn’t bother me. If I post something on the net I look at it just like leaving it on a park bench on a busy day downtown. I know when I leave it there that some folks might pass by and admire it, others might borrow it for lofty purposes and then put it back, but then I also know that it could be stumbled upon by any random low life who comes along. It’s simply a chance I take on the net or downtown.
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This episode shows how easily certain pictures can be copied from the internet and used in ways to ruin reputations. However it seems that in this case it’s mostly the perpetrator who lost what little reputation he had.
I don’t know exactly how the laws break down over this one as far as legal action that can be taken. But he clearly crossed a line, not only away from good taste but into sexual harassment. Xanga allows a hostile environment for its users by allowing the post to stay up.
without a doubt!
No — here’s the thing about intellectual property: she put it out there, it’s now public. Unless she’s claiming IP infringement (which she isn’t) or actual harassment (which, despite recent news to the contrary, I believe is difficult if not impossible to prove online) she can suck it up. That’s what I’d do.
@CelestialTeapot - No, I wasn’t. It was tagged after he blocked me from his site for having THE AUDACITY to call him on his hypocrisy and being a moron.
Nope, they should just shut Xanga down altogether, so they don’t have to worry about things like this.
when you post pictures of yourself on xanga, you don’t expect to have them stolen and then rediculed.
the fact that it has come to this only saddens me.
@abilene_piper_lg - I’m not a lawyer either, but an aspiring writer, so as such I’ve made myself familiar with copyright issues. The key issue is proving your material is yours, (fairly easy, actually) but the formal copyright is solid in court. Maybe not a big deal for one photo, but if you just finished your epic novel, you deffinately want to approach the copyright office.
I think so. It’s very rude and not nice and stuff. D=<
yeah, poor girl.
yes
she should be on friends lock too.
Geez, I turn my back on Xanga for the night and all sorts of stuff happens.
I think xanga should put that code on ppls pics that way ppl can’t copy them, thats just annoying that ppl have ur pic. I def. think he should have to get the pic off his page and maybe a suspend, if not shut down. Some ppl should just grow up.
Hector is a retarded gay baby, and if he didn’t supply us with so many laffs with his idiocy, i would recommend that he be dragged out into the street to be shot.
BOY WILL HIS FACE BE RED
feel free to do and say what you want with my pic,, hahahaha,, this is not me of course. but there are plenty of pics of me here and there..
copywriting a pic of yourself to avoid people using it is a little over the top,, why post a pic if your fearful of photo theives?
attacking someone is childish,, and reflects more on the attacker than the attacked,,, id think…
Definitely.
I’m not going to try to hide my bias; I cannot discuss this topic in a fair way, because, honestly, I just don’t like the “accused party.” He’s a jerk to everyone and resorts to childish measures after the slightest hint of someone fighting back against him. He’s not fair to anyone, so I don’t want to be fair to him. Out of pure spite, I say shut him down.
That is all.
When you post your picture on the internet, it becomes public. People use it. I don’t see Paris Hilton suing people on Xanga for using her picture to berate her. And what happened to freedom of speech? If someone wants to berate someone else on their own site, they have the right to express their opinion. Maybe not trolling the person’s page or posting false information about them.
@SerenaDante - All it takes to own a copyright on something is to create it. There is no requirement for sending a DMCA takedown notice. You can send one at any time. In either case, the other blogger does not own the copyright.
Agreed it seems kind of silly
I’m with the above comment. All the loser wanted was attention. We gave plenty.
did he dr. the photo up or write bad about her? I’m not sure what to say
one of the many reasons that photos of me on xanga are very sparse…
yes.
i don’t understand why people think trun has “started drama” by demanding this dude take her pictures off. what kind of person wouldn’t want their picture taken down?
@phantomFive - And what if Paige doesn’t own it either? That’s my point, what if it was someone else taking that picture of her? Then isn’t she the one “violating copyright laws” or whatever? The point is that this sort of thing happens on the internetz ALL THE TIME. No one else makes a big fuss out of it, unless it’s work that actually is paid for to be copyrighted. This whole attack is pathetic.
@SerenaDante - It seems like we’re the only ones who don’t think it should be that big of an issue…
- John
@The_Aftershock_3650 - I think it’s because there hasn’t been drama on here in a while, so people are just grasping at whatever they can.
@SerenaDante - She can still file a takedown notice. That has been a major criticism of the DMCA since its inception, that you don’t have to prove you are the owner of a particular piece of work in order to send one. Some businesses take advantage of this provision to attack their competitors.
DMCA takedown notices actually do happen a lot, but frankly it’s not a very interesting topic so unless you specifically pay attention to it, or read a news site that focuses on it, you probably won’t hear about it much.
@beetunes - I’m the drama queen because only a small noisy and very loyal group read that other guys sight. If I raise hell a lot more people read it. If Dan does almost all of of xanga reads about it.
When I did things quietly nothing happened. The noise came because nothing happened
Thank you Dan
@phantomFive - I was told the issue would have been forced as soon as I mailed in the take down notice. I just did not find all this out until last night
nope. xanga aren’t the morality police.
What do you mean that the site should be closed down? I know that the person who done that should not have have done that. Maybe he should be banned from coming on here. I hope your not closing Xanga down like forever.
Honestly, no. If you put up a picture of yourself then it’s fair game for someone else to take it. There’s a fair share of pictures of me out there and if someone posted them, I’d get mad, but I’d also know it’s my own fault for putting it out there. You have to take responsibility for your own actions, and while Hector’s actions weren’t right, that doesn’t make Trun’s actions any less wrong. Victimization does not make someone innocent.
So while she is indeed a victim, she’s effectively a self-inflicted one and Victor’s actions shouldn’t make someone overlook the fact that Trun had full control over the output of this photo (whatever it was).
His site shouldn’t be taken down for the whole copyright shit. Read http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html this before you judge. Her photo isn’t copyrighted. Even if, he used fair use, so it doesn’t matter anyway.
His site should be taken down for sexual harrassment. End of story. She could bring legal charges on Hector if she could link him to that Xanga site. But, I think the reason the Xanga site didn’t take it down was because if she DID want to bring charges on him, she’d need the site to prove it and shutting it down would have gotten in the way of that.
creative commons anyone?
If such actions violate TOS, sure. Otherwise, no.
Did he hotlink or actually steal the photo?
Hotlinking is not illegal, and therefore no, the xanga team shouldn’t butt in.
Should the guy himself take down the picture, yes.
she put it up…. you should kinda expect things like this. *shrug*
Remove it, don’t shut down the site. She posted it to public domain, it is free to all people to use. Legally, if there is no rule that this breaks, she has no legs to stand on.
‘Course!
Of course.
yeah, I think xanga team should do something about it…that’s just not right
If she asks, then yeah.
YES!
@MyFreedomWings - Well now if it was hot linked it, that would be an easy fix from my end. And yes I did remove the pic hoping that would work. I did lots of quit things before I raised hell.
In the end he did take it down and did so before I had xanga’sNotice of Infringement sitting on John’s desk Monday morning. He did do it on his own in other words
No. Sorry, but if you post something on the internet you’re offering it up to the public. People think they have more protection on the internet than they actually do. The web is, for the most part, an unmonitored space. I, personally, think that’s necessary — it’s what makes the internet the last real free media — but it does bring in some negative aspects. If you don’t want something being seen or possibly used by the public, don’t post it on your web page. Sort of a no-brainer, really.
Of course, Xanga would be within their rights to take down the site, and I think the other blogger was a bit out of line. But is Xanga obligated to do anything about it? Was the other blogger even stepping outside his rights? No, not at all.
Completely stupid question. Stop wasting my time.
@ModernBunny - I missed out too but this isnt positive I feel bad for the girl if shes very unconfortable and things are being said about her of course something has to be done about it
Yes.
Yes. It’s unethical to post someone’s image without their permission… much less to do so for disparaging purposes. When you allow this, you devolve the entire system to the level of The Jerry Springer Show.
what an asshole
they should take it down
Yes.
@trunthepaige - I’m glad for that then, Trun. Even though he was a jerk, at least he had a tiny SMIDGEON of sense, then.
Hugs, dearie.
It violates a copywritting laws called a DMCA. She could even go as far as to take Xanga to court; if need be. The DMCA covers the ownership of images and videos both online and offlice.
Isn’t it a copy write issue? They’ve done it for less.