Copyright law?

[stt]

Can someone use a picture that I uploaded to facebook without my permission?
My profile was set to friends only (if it makes an difference)

[Tathan]

Prob not. There's some fair use stuff though, if it's for educational or journalistic uses and is referenced. But I think it'd have to be in public domain for that. So no.

[BlackBox]

I think you agree to public domain for any online storage ... need to read the smallprint ...

[daddy cav]

When it's something like photobucket and you have it set private , what then ?

[jamied]

Unless you copyright your picture and can prove its your work then then most people can grab it and use it, big problem with public forums.

[Dom]

I vaguely remember that if you upload something to Facebook, its no longer your exclusive property - it might even become theirs to use as they want - it all depends on where you upload it to as to who owns the copyright.

[jamied]

i have a thing here about copyright law (have to use it a lot due to photography) shall copy and put it up here, its a very grey area since the change in ownership of items on the internet at the start of this year but is a good thing to read up on.

[Scary_Fish]

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