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Use of images without approval or acknowlegement
You have taken an image from my website. You did not seek permission nor did you give any acknowlegement regarding the source.
Theft is the word that comes to mind.
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How do you justify such action ?
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Theft is the word that comes to mind.
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How do you justify such action ?
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I’m feeling abused by yourselves
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Inappropriate?Are you sure that Spock has "taken" an image from your site? Unless you have specifically added a picture from your hard drive, the picture is actually a linked picture from the web.
Can you provide a link that shows the image so that your question can be addressed more directly? -
Inappropriate?The picture you have linked to (taken) is from my Picassa web album. You have displayed it out of context and without any acknowlegement as to source etc. I'd have no objection had you had linked back to my site or sought permission.
I’m amazed that your comapany adopts such a cavalier attitude.
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Inappropriate?Further to the above...
When I click on the link beneath the picture that you have taken I am presented with a dialog box offering to download or open a local copy !
Not only are you using a picture without acknowlegement of source but you are also presenting it in a manner that encourages others to take a copy !
I’m horrified that you are so cavalier with other peoples property
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Inappropriate?I understand your frustration. What I don't understand is why this is any different than someone on the web being able to search your images via the search bar right in Picassa? I don't need to be signed in there to see, use, link to, or download your pictures either.
You have put your pictures on the web in a public storage facility. If you do not want the pictures to be public, then you must either use a tool that requires password protection to get to them (in other words a private location).
I recommend that you check out Picasa's privacy policy (http://picasa.google.com/intl/en_US/w...) so that you can change your photos to be unavailable to others without an express link from you.
I also suggest you check out the "Your Rights" sub-section in section 4 on this page:
http://picasa.google.com/intl/en_US/w...
You may find yourself very suprised at what you have given Google permission to do with your pictures. -
Inappropriate?I am familiar with the Picasa privacy policy.. I have no problem with responsible third party use of my data. Such use is farly commonplace, the person or organisation using the data invariably asking permission and/or including an acknowlegement in their copy.. What I dislike is the use of that data for commercial gain and without either acknowledgement or request. I have learnt to expect that there will always be some organisations who leech data for their own financial gain, I'm just surprised that you seem to fall into that category, it's a behaviour I associate with the low life of the internet.
I’m feeling abused by your behaviour.
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Inappropriate?Itsme,
I'm not quite sure what you meant by a picture being taken out of context, but if a photo isn't correctly linked to the source than you should e-mail info@corp.spock.com, providing a link to your search result and the photo.
Again you should keep in mind that Spock is search engine similar to Google and Yahoo in that we display publicly available data (Spock doesn't make up information about people, rather it presents it in an easy to view and search information that was previously on the Web). As Kathy correctly noted, by making your Picasa pictures open to the public you are effectively enabling other people to view your pictures.
My suggestion is that you vote down the pictures that do not represent you, or flag it. Though voting is the quickest way to remove something from the site
