Superphil
Dismember
NSCers with a bit of knowledge, sort of about copyright, a question for you. I've been alerted to a website, and a seller on eBay (same company) who has used images that have been posted on my website to produce prints of football shirts, which he is now selling on both his website and on eBay. I was contacted by one of the posters on my site complaining about this as he didn't want his images used like this. They are definitely images taken from my site, some have only ever been posted on my site, and some are in fact my own photos.
In response to a message I sent the seller he has said that he makes these prints using images that people have emailed him, so he assumes that the images are legitimate for him to use.
So NSC, whilst I am not overly fussed about this, others might be (indeed one person is), is there a legal precedent here, should this person be seeking permission before he uses these, or any other images? Can he use the argument that he didn't know, and to quote part of his reply to me "I'm not sure how I am meant to vet them".
In response to a message I sent the seller he has said that he makes these prints using images that people have emailed him, so he assumes that the images are legitimate for him to use.
So NSC, whilst I am not overly fussed about this, others might be (indeed one person is), is there a legal precedent here, should this person be seeking permission before he uses these, or any other images? Can he use the argument that he didn't know, and to quote part of his reply to me "I'm not sure how I am meant to vet them".
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