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Kablooie

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11. What if the camera is owned by someone other than the photographer?

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 05:56 AM

Sep 2014

Do they have any claim to the photos?

Or if the photo is made at the behest and under the direction of someone other then the person pressing the button?

What about an automated timer photo? Is it copyright able and by who?

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Jennifer Lawrence -- Non-Selfie Nude Pics Create Legal Hurdle [View all] jakeXT Sep 2014 OP

Supporting precedent..... msanthrope Sep 2014 #1

How come the monkey takes a better pic than Bradley Cooper? FSogol Sep 2014 #2

Because the monkey has more functioning brain than the average Hollywood actor. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #3

The monkey didn't have to work with several actors to make the picture. Dr. Strange Sep 2014 #9

Does this mean that photos uploaded to FB still belong to (are owned by) the person who took them? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #4

I think when you join Facebook you cede copyright of uploaded photos to Facebook. Kablooie Sep 2014 #12

Yes, the person that took them still has copyright mathematic Sep 2014 #15

Thank you. Good to know. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #16

Websites should have to have signed release forms frazzled Sep 2014 #5

Upton is the niece of a Congressman, I wonder if that will influence things jakeXT Sep 2014 #7

The Constitution doesn't have an explicit protection of privacy. Kablooie Sep 2014 #13

It isn't a constitutional privacy issue - Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #17

So someone who wants to post a picture of their cat on DU Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #10

Releases aren't required for cats. Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #18

TMZ is just utterly worthless mythology Sep 2014 #6

What does TMZ have to do with it? LisaL Sep 2014 #8

What if the camera is owned by someone other than the photographer? Kablooie Sep 2014 #11

If you are involved with the setup there could be something, but not everything jakeXT Sep 2014 #14

Does she really believe she can get these pictures complely wiped from the internet? davidn3600 Sep 2014 #19

The issue isn't really whether she has a right to have them taken down (she does) Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #20

My sympathies are with the actress fadedrose Sep 2014 #21