legal question - hot or not type sites
 

What's the legality of posting pictures of regular people who aren't "models" on a web site?

i.e. if I start a site for skateboarders and skateboarder girls and guys from all over the country want to submit their pics, what's the deal with that?

Put a disclaimer, ONLY let people over 18 post. Of course people under 18 will post and say they're 18 but that's not your problem.

You don't need people's permission to post their pictures under normal circumstances.

What if they post pics of themselves naked? Or better yet, what if they send pics in which I have to add them (as opposed to them just auto submitting them).

Unless they're minors. In high school I had a website and there was a huge gallery of pictures we'd take at school. The parents didn't like it so it was lawsuit time.

I notice on Facethejury.com they post must be 18+ to post pics but people clearly have that they are under 18 in their profiles. Can't they get screwed?

Or is it ok because they don't have any porn links?

If people are just going to submit their pics (even topless) should I get them to send proof of ID as well? Would that be enough to cover me? Or am I asking for something bad...

I would highly suggest seeing a lawyer... Dispite what most people might think, they ARE at least partially responsible for the content they have on their site, no matter who's submitting it and all disclaimers aside..


SEE A LAWYER!!

LM's right... see an attorney that *knows* this sort of law... photography and all of the related.

Taking advice from board idiots? Just remember they will **not** be with you when/if that barred door clank shut behind you! :D

If you go on Yahoo profiles, all kinds of teenagers are posting pictures of themselves (with clothes on of course) and chatting in the Yahoo chat rooms. Seems to me if they have clothes on it is a slam-dunk ok... but then again, I know as much about law as I do about fucking spider monkeys in the ass so don't quote me on that.

#1 Talk to a lawyer, not to the nimrods on this board
#2 If you allow users to post naked pictures of themselves, unless you want to go to jail as a child pornographer, i would follow 2257 to the letter.

As the provider you do have the responsibility to make sure your user is of age. As anyone can see with this administration, i don't think they will have any problems running sting operations to see which web providers are allowing minors to post naked pictured of themselves with no age verification.

Like i said though, go see a lawyer. Just my $0.20