Digital BW, The Print

Ok this is a post that possibly I shouldn't do.. but I mean it constructive ok?
 First ..I'm not a facebook fan ..I'll admit to using it but it is strickly a social thing as it's intended.. Anything that goes out on face book , images , videos, text posts, responses etc becomes facebooks intelectual property.. They actually say that so their is no secret about it.. What I'm trying to say is that their is no point hating facebook as it doesn't measure up to the security needs of professional shooters.. as that is not what the place is all about.. personally I was more more sceptical about the site promoter that did the original post in this case..He's soliciting imagery that he juries in at his discression and once he says it's ok to go on face book it is then his property also.. Did you guys all miss that?

Anyway, none of the places that we use on line have image liability.. they are all basically unsecure sites for posting our images.. so if anyone takes an image of any of them the host has no liability.. While different it's basically up to us to provide any legal action if their is a compromise.. Here's something to think about.. Pretty much all the hosts have incredible search engines to make sure that specific content is made available to those that are after it..  Not one of the hosts offers image incription for security.. why is that...With incription all one could steel without going to great pains to break the incription is a screen copy..
 
Right now a group of panographers are working on packages to incript images as their fed up with them being stolen and used elsewhere... So, anyway, if retaining your images is at the for front for you.. Then using pretty much all these online hosts is a no no.. as long as your images can be viewed by the general public on line their available.. 
I guess my rant for the day.. :-)

jimbo
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Clayton Price 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:36 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Photography That Doesn't Suck


    
  How can you or anyone who considers their photography in a serious way, post
  their images on Facebook or any other such media?

  Are you not aware that Facebook is being sued for many millions of dollars because
  they consider any images published there to be theirs? And to mostly do with, as they 
  please! I'm not even close to being a lawyer, but you don't have to be one to 
  be aware to keep your images far away from them, AND to register every photograph
  you care about with the U.S. Copyright Office!

  Clay Price

  
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