Anyone ever use your images without permission?

[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."

[egbeachley]

Doesn't bother me. The image is not mine, it's the property of the photographer, lithographer, artist, publisher, etc. or whoever has since purchased their rights.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by 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."

I tend to agree with this, but if they had contacted me then they would have found out that three of the photos they used have nothing to do with Sherman Field which is the title of the site...I've got a feeling they put this together as part of their fundraiser to fix up Sherman Field.

[Cat]

I have had many of my card scans used too, but the only time I get pissed is when they show up on EBay.

[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.

[GoldenAge50s]

Dan---

I certainly agree on the common courtesy point---It goes down much better if someone just asks!

[Dean's Cards]

I was told by a copyright lawyer that photos placed on the internet were considered public domain. If you do not want people using the photos, then you can watermark them.

[brianp-beme]

I have only used one photo of a card that was not mine...and it is my avatar. At the time I had a new computer, no scanner, and no saved images. So I don't even know what 1921 Zeenut I have as an avatar...but I have Dennis King's website to thank...can I please still use it Dennis?

Brian

[shammus]

As many of you know, I designed and built my own website and have built many card-related websites over the years. A few years back, for my own site, I had designed a larger graphic for my sites homepage that contained the images of several prewar players in kind of a "collage". The text on the collage read "Shammus' Prewar Cards". I had one person, who I believe is a board member still, steal this artwork, crudely airbrushed out the word "Shammus" and replace it with "Richard's" or something like that. He then proceeded to use my art on his own homepage as well as copied and pasted content directly off of my site and on to his own.

Stealing someones artwork in that manner is a little different since you're actually taking work the other person created and using it for your own purposes. Anyway, I wrote him a couple times, the first time politely, the second time not so politely and told him to quit stealing other's work and to take my art off his site which I believe he finally did.

Edit....I got curious and went out to look at his site. I just noticed the content he pasted from my site originally is still there. Jeez...

[Jacklitsch]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I have only used one photo of a card that was not mine...and it is my avatar. At the time I had a new computer, no scanner, and no saved images. So I don't even know what 1921 Zeenut I have as an avatar...but I have Dennis King's website to thank...can I please still use it Dennis?

Brian

I believe your avatar is Syl Johnson of the Portland Team.


Major League info:

Syl Johnson
Sylvester W Johnson
Born Sylvester Johnson Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.
Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR
High School: Portland (Portland, OR) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1922
Final Game: September 26, 1940
Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR