Familys picture used without permission

Tallon

Continuing along the latest theme of Copyright, check out this story on BBC...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8094420.stm

A couple from the United States got a shock when they learned their family photo was being used, unauthorised, on an advertising poster in Prague.

Danielle and Jeff Smith used the photo as their Christmas card, and also posted it on an internet blog.

A friend travelling in the Czech capital alerted them when he spotted the Smiths smiling at him, life-size, from a poster in a supermarket.

The owner of the shop has promised to remove the image.

"It's a life-size picture in a grocery store window in Prague - my Christmas card photo!" said a startled Ms Smith, 36, who lives in a suburb of St Louis.

Mario Bertuccio, whose Grazie shop specialises in Italian food imports, said that he thought the image had been computer-generated.

He used it to advertise his shop's grocery delivery service.

When told that it showed a real family, he took steps to remove it.

"We'll be happy to write an e-mail with our apology," said Mr Bertuccio, adding that if the family had lived locally, he would have offered them a bottle of wine.

The Smiths and the photographer who took the picture, Gina Kelly, say that no permission was sought or given for the photograph to be used.

They said they would add a watermark to any family photos they post in the future.

From this family photo in St Louis...

...to a supermarket advertising poster in Prague

AnCatDubh

I guess they can be thankful that it was fairly innocuous.

This has been posted before but for reference if anyone hasn't stumbled across it before;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/larajade/513641346/

Kintarō Hattori

Heh I wonder where the shopkeeper sourced the image from? Whoever was responsible for it must be gobsmacked. They probably never imagined that someone would recognise the people in the image.

cnocbui

Don't post high res images, learn how to scale them down.

Cabaal

AnCatDubh wrote: »

I guess they can be thankful that it was fairly innocuous.

This has been posted before but for reference if anyone hasn't stumbled across it before;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/larajade/513641346/

Yeah LaraJades case is one of the worse cases of copying I've heard of, on a side note her work is fantastic I've been following her on flickr for about a year now

davenewt

he thought the image had been computer-generated.

Haha, whatever. 1) as if it was an excuse to use the image without permission, and 2) a bit of an insult to the real people in the photo - "you look like cg!" "ooh, thanks!"

Cabaal

Perhaps they were just that perfect

That shop has probably now just quadrupled its profile.

artyeva

Cabaal wrote: »

Yeah LaraJades case is one of the worse cases of copying I've heard of

i find it VERY hard to believe that the authorities/media/laywers in a relatively conservative state such as texas would not do anything as soon as they heard a foto of a 14 yr old was used on a porno cover without her permission....

like... really really hard to believe.....:eek:

artyeva

artyeva wrote: »

i find it VERY hard to believe that the authorities/media/laywers in a relatively conservative state such as texas would not do anything as soon as they heard a foto of a 14 yr old was used on a porno cover without her permission....

like... really really hard to believe.....:eek:

I'm more amazed that some lawyer wouldn't jump at the chance to take on a underage case against the porn industry.

America is the home of the ambulance chasers after all

Cabaal

artyeva wrote: »

i find it VERY hard to believe that the authorities/media/laywers in a relatively conservative state such as texas would not do anything as soon as they heard a foto of a 14 yr old was used on a porno cover without her permission....

like... really really hard to believe.....:eek:

I don't,
In fairness its not like LaraJade is making this stuff up she's pretty well know for her work,

Just because alot of people in Texas belong in the Bible belt doesn't mean they all are "good god fearing people",