Susan Wise Bauer 100,170 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 IMAGES UNDER COPYRIGHT!!! That includes ANY photos that you did not take yourself or are not in the public domain. Just because you've seen them on other websites does NOT mean it is legal to post them here. WE WILL GET SUED. See our Terms of Use!! If you've posted photos recently, please take down any that don't fall under those two categories. SWB Link to post Share on other sites
Liz CA 18,533 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I wonder if the issue is identifying what is public domain? Link to post Share on other sites
Amy in NH 6,340 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Oh my! I thought we had this problem under control. Yikes. Link to post Share on other sites
Plum 15,007 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Maybe some boardies missed the first memo and have profile pics that are not allowed? Link to post Share on other sites
Butter 25,838 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Maybe some boardies missed the first memo and have profile pics that are not allowed? I don't think so, but a couple non-allowed pictures have been posted in threads recently. Link to post Share on other sites
maize 76,539 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Susan, has the original lawsuit been resolved? I'm so sorry for the problems this has caused you. Link to post Share on other sites
redsquirrel 17,857 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 What about gifs? When I research it, I see that there has been no cases brought to show they do not fall under free use. Buzzfeed has made an entire empire out of gifs and they have had no trouble. Link to post Share on other sites
Susan Wise Bauer 100,170 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Public domain = taken before 1940, or taken by you. You can also post photos that don't fall into the above if you have written permission by the copyright owner. File format (.gifs) isn't the issue. Buzzfeed posts photos because Buzzfeed either pays the copyright owners or posts links to the copyrighted images. I can't even tell you all how much I regret that this is an issue. But it is, and PLEASE read our lawyer-approved terms of use at http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/index.php?app=forums&module=extras§ion=boardrulesAND abide by them. SWB Link to post Share on other sites
Mimm 9,488 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I apologize! I posted a picture recently, instead of a link. I completely forgot the new rule. Link to post Share on other sites
JFSinIL 5,850 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I apologize! I posted a picture recently, instead of a link. I completely forgot the new rule. Mimmm, your profile picture!!!! Isn't that from a Disney cartoon. Link to post Share on other sites
Mimm 9,488 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Yes. I'm such a dork I didn't even think of that. Picture gone. *sad face* Link to post Share on other sites
MarkW 1,508 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 As someone who just got here but has been a web admin forever, based on the very limited info I can glean from this thread, any lawsuit seems like it must have been targeted deliberately. Are you talking about hyperlinks to images on other servers (ie, img tags or href tags) or are you talking about uploading those images to this forum software directly? The former should be allowed. Every forum on the internet gets away with that, more or less. Imgur would be out of business in a day if this were really a big deal... Link to post Share on other sites
Robin M 30,374 Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Hi Mark and welcome to wtm. The main thread is on the general Ed board but here is a link. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/527989-absolutely-essential-all-users-please-read/ Yes, Susan was deliberately targeted. We can link to outside sources but images of celebrities and non public domaine pix may not be used in any way, shape or form. Book covers and our own photos are okay. Link to post Share on other sites
Word Nerd 17,145 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I've seen a couple of outside photos posted in the past few days. Link to post Share on other sites
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