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Originally posted by AaronM
The approval of the woman in the pic is not legally required
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I'm not sure I agree with that Aaron. Approval of the woman would not be legally required to
upload the photo...assuming the woman knew she was being photographed, it was her husband or boyfriend, etc. at the time of the photo being taken.
However, once that photo passes into some sort of commercial status, in most cases her permission would be needed for her image to be used. Especially in a situation like this where, clearly, she probably did not intend for it to wind up on a website. Or, more accurately, a reasonable person would not expect that.
People...at least the ones who are not celebrities...have the right to their image, at least some control of it.
On another note, how do you know the guy uploading the photo has rights to it. I mean, suppose for a moment the photo was shot by a professional photographer, who did not release all rights...most photo agreements require any additional copies of a photo to come from the photographer. In that case, not only is the use of the image of the woman suspect...but the use of the copyrighted photo is clearly illegal.
Brutal