Anyone ever use your images without permission?

[slidekellyslide]

I guess the city of Lincoln felt it was okay to raid my photobucket account to make their PDF slideshow of Lincoln baseball. I most definitely would have told them it was okay to use whatever they wanted but a little bit irksome that they didn't even feel the need to ask...I noticed in the comments section that they credit me for the photos. I only found this because I do an occasional search of Google for "Lincoln Chiefs".

http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/CITY/parks...otohistory.pdf

[Leon]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

I guess the city of Lincoln felt it was okay to raid my photobucket account to make their PDF slideshow of Lincoln baseball. I most definitely would have told them it was okay to use whatever they wanted but a little bit irksome that they didn't even feel the need to ask...I noticed in the comments section that they credit me for the photos. I only found this because I do an occasional search of Google for "Lincoln Chiefs".

http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/CITY/parks...otohistory.pdf

Yes, I have had lots of my images used before...even on other forums, with no credits. They should ask first, and if granted permission, should give credit. That would be the correct way to do it but almost no one does it that way. regards

[cfc1909]

i have also seen my cards in other places. I have not owned my cards for 100 years so in some of the cases (not all) I am not sure if the scans were before or after I owned them.

[Rob D.]

If they ever Archive those photos, you could threaten to sue.

[GoldenAge50s]

Dan---

I believe you can make your PhotoBucket acct Private--If it isn't the whole world can have access to whatever you put in there!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

Dan---

I believe you can make your PhotoBucket acct Private--If it isn't the whole world can have access to whatever you put in there!

Fred, I have my family photos on photobucket private, but I keep my collection photos available for viewing by anyone...as said I have no problem with them using them, but common courtesy would be to ask first.

[Exhibitman]

I have and I don't care. The items aren't really mine anyway, philosophically speaking--I am just the current owner of some of them. I figure as long as the info is out there people who are interested will google the item and find my site anyway and in the meantime people learn from it. As Emil Faber said "Knowledge is good."

[bmarlowe1]

....but common courtesy would be to ask first.[/quote]

I agree it is a matter of good manners and being polite - especially for an organization like a city.

All must bear in mind that most of the stuff discussed in this forum was effectively "published" a very long time ago, and is not subject to copyright protection.