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regman2006

Hi, just looking for some opinions. What can be done about the following situation-

-A guy posted photos of my girlfriend on his BEBO profile on the internet. My girlfriend was not happy with this and we asked him to take the photos down. Instead, he blocked his profile and now we have to take his word for it that he has removed the images in question.

Can we do anything about this? My girlfriend is very upset at the thought of photos of her being published without her permission. The photos are nothing personal, just photos of her on nights out, etc, but she still would prefer if they were not published on the web.

besty

Read the forum charter! There can be no provision of Legal advice, but common sense suggestions can be provided. E-mail the administrators of Bebo and tell them there are photos you don't wish to be published and say you want them taken down.

hullaballoo

Thread moved to personal issues. PI is more appropriate for something like this.

Gordon

Goto BEBO, whatever the hell that is.

ferdi

besty wrote:

E-mail the administrators of Bebo

do that and mention your solicitor, that'll ought to do it.

ApeXaviour

regman2006 wrote:

-A guy posted photos of my girlfriend on his BEBO profile on the internet. My girlfriend was not happy with this and we asked him to take the photos down. Instead, he blocked his profile and now we have to take his word for it that he has removed the images in question.

If I understand you correctly then he has made his profile private. Such that only people registered as his friends can view it. That really is a select group of people so I wouldn't really call them "published" any more than if they were lying on his kitchen table.

regman2006 wrote:

Can we do anything about this? My girlfriend is very upset at the thought of photos of her being published without her permission. The photos are nothing personal, just photos of her on nights out, etc, but she still would prefer if they were not published on the web.

If that's all this is about then I have to say though I think your girlfriend needs to chill the **** out.

BuffyBot

I'm sure Bebo have a complaints procedure. Go look it up.

dermot_sheehan

regman2006 wrote:

Can we do anything about this? My girlfriend is very upset at the thought of photos of her being published without her permission. The photos are nothing personal, just photos of her on nights out, etc, but she still would prefer if they were not published on the web.

Ok, so it was in a public place, so no breach of right to privacy (such right hasn't been recognised in Ireland, recognised in UK in Douglas v. Hello).

Possibly if you took the photos yourself (or know who), the photographer could take action for breach of copyright.

Otherwise if he took the photos himself, he took photos of an event in a public area, he's perfectly within his rights to put them up an the net.

projectmayhem

bebo's admins are quite keen on keeping people happy (atm they're the 4th visited site in ireland, somehow) so fire off a quick email and they'll sort you out no bother

gerTheGreat

Contact Bebo. Tell them that you're not happy and they'll probally take down the pictures, maybe even ban the user. See if you can't get the ip address or email address of the user too. It's uncalled for behaviour and shouldn't be tolerated.

akw_old

kick his ass you wimp.

Nevyn

akw Banned from this forum for advocating volience.
Thaedydal

CountryWise

Why does your girlfriend want them taken down?
Is it more than her just not looking her best in them?
seems there is more to this than you say

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

From what you are saying I can see no real reason for the Pics to be removed. As long as it was a public area and he was the photographer, he owns copyright. He can do whatever he likes with the pics.

If he was posting them in a wedwide STI ad or something I could see your point, but from what you have said I personally can't see the problem.

koneko

What does it matter why she wants them taken down? They're pictures of her, I don't really see why some of you are looking for an alterior motive here. If she doesn't want pictures of herself posted on the net, he shouldn't be posting them.

Contact the admins of the site, and tell them about it. I'm sure they'll take your complaint seriously and remove the pictures, if that's what she wants.

Kingkong

Ive orginal taught bebo was a great new idea until recently.

Ive seen it been used to attack people by setting up "I hate" societies in colleges. Some of the pictures can be quiet damaging i reckon aswell.

It will be a matter of time in my opinion before a law suit is brought for defamation of character. Whether BEBO can control and sensor the actions of its ever expanding users is yet to be determined.

Sangre

Their his photos to post up. If she doesn't want to be photographed she shouldn't be going out side.

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

koneko wrote:

What does it matter why she wants them taken down? They're pictures of her, I don't really see why some of you are looking for an alterior motive here. If she doesn't want pictures of herself posted on the net, he shouldn't be posting them.

Contact the admins of the site, and tell them about it. I'm sure they'll take your complaint seriously and remove the pictures, if that's what she wants.

I don't feel this is the problem with the debate, its not a question of how she feels about the pictures, it is about the photographers rights here. We can not sensor people to this degree and still expect to be part of a free society. It is his right to do whatever he likes with his pictures, and his rights are protected by irish law.

ApeXaviour

koneko wrote:

If she doesn't want pictures of herself posted on the net, he shouldn't be posting them.

If I don't want my name posted on the net should you not be allowed to post it? I don't see the difference here. Especially considering the are his photos..

LegacyUser

ApeXaviour wrote:

If I don't want my name posted on the net should you not be allowed to post it? I don't see the difference here. Especially considering the are his photos..

could it not be classed as a type of harrasment if he didn't take them down?

what if she looked funny in one of them. like a bad picture with a goofy smile. He's embarrasing her publicly by putting them up..

Fanny Cradock

FuzzyWuzzyWazza wrote:

It is his right to do whatever he likes with his pictures, and his rights are protected by irish law.

his pictures of somebody else you mean!

possibly he is protected by the law on this matter, a law which aids gutter journalism (i know...that's got nothing to do with anything), but i'm sure a strong word by the mods will see him take them down quick smart.

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

Fanny Cradock wrote:

his pictures of somebody else you mean!

possibly he is protected by the law on this matter, a law which aids gutter journalism (i know...that's got nothing to do with anything), but i'm sure a strong word by the mods will see him take them down quick smart.

I am sure that if the mods told him to take them down he probably would, my point is that he should not be asked to take them down in the first place.

The rest of your post makes no sense to me, the content of the picture has very little to do with his ownership of copyright in this case. If it was a picture of a bloke shaggin a sheep in a field, the issue would be the same, apart from any public decency/pornography issues. I am sure the bloke in the field would not want the picture posted but at the end of the day it is not his sayso as it is not his picture.

pbsuxok1znja4r

Challenge this guy to a duel. Honour is at stake.
And yeah, I can advocate violence if I want to. It may well just be my belief system, which I have a right to hold and express freely.
So yeah, if all else fails, you might have to consider causing physical pain to this chap.

But yeah, definitely try the contacting Bebo route first.

LundiMardi

oh not, what are we all to do.... i bet your gf thinks that now her photo is on the evil internet, her identity shall be stolen. :rolleyes: