Posting pictures that are not your own
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:58 pm
{EDITED SUNDAY 10th AUGUST 2008}
Folks,
After a recent spate of people posting up pictures and implying (sometimes by omission) that the pictures were their own, please be aware of the following.
If you are posting a picture that you did not take, then you MUST attribute the picture by either naming the photographer and/or the website that the picture was sourced from. Simply providing a link to the image is insufficient.
Wherever possible, obtaining permission from the original photographer is expected. In the cases where this isn't possible, full attribution along the lines of "Photograph taken by {NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER} and sourced from {NAME OF WEBSITE}" is the minimum requirement.
Re-posting images and letting others think that you are the photographer is very bad form and reflects badly on the individual poster and on the site as a whole. Posts or threads containing such images will be deleted without warning, as all photographers deserve credit for the pictures they have taken.
Thanks!
Folks,
After a recent spate of people posting up pictures and implying (sometimes by omission) that the pictures were their own, please be aware of the following.
If you are posting a picture that you did not take, then you MUST attribute the picture by either naming the photographer and/or the website that the picture was sourced from. Simply providing a link to the image is insufficient.
Wherever possible, obtaining permission from the original photographer is expected. In the cases where this isn't possible, full attribution along the lines of "Photograph taken by {NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER} and sourced from {NAME OF WEBSITE}" is the minimum requirement.
Re-posting images and letting others think that you are the photographer is very bad form and reflects badly on the individual poster and on the site as a whole. Posts or threads containing such images will be deleted without warning, as all photographers deserve credit for the pictures they have taken.
Thanks!