Court Rules Against Photographer In Case of Stolen Photo

Ok this is interesting. Not wholly unexpected but interesting just the same. Very recent, the article appeared this past week.

 

Court Rules Photographer Gave Up Exclusive Licensing Rights by Posting on Instagram

Yes, this is very interesting. It seems to me that posting a photo publicly on a site like Instagram should allow anyone to share that link. It sounds like Instagram's Terms of Use make that clear. Asserting that you posted a photo in such a public place but it can't be further shared by others is wanting to have your cake and eat it to (how's that for legal wisdom, a la King Solomon). I don't have Instagram account and am not a lawyer but I think the judge's position makes sense.

What are the rules here on this forum. If I post a picture here, what rights do I give up/ How about a site like FLickr?

What are the rules here on this forum. . .

 

The link to Terms of Use, to which every Member agreed when they joined, is located at the bottom right of the page.

 

WW

Seems to me its pretty well understood by now that when one posts a photo on a social media site, it's basically up for grabs. There was some recent discussion about this in a thread named "HELP I GOT SUED", (or something like that) but that was under a different set of circumstances, where somebody grabbed a photo owned by Getty Images and used it on their website. Getty, of course, came after them. We tend to just "agree" to site user agreements, because let's face it: who has time to read all that stuff? But lo & behold, often, we "agree" to give our stuff up- whether we know it or not.