A little lesson on copyright & photo sharing/stealing

[digirebelva]

Red Tape - That famous space shuttle photo: When is sharing stealing?

[OsmosisStudios]

Yes, it means she can sue whoever used the photo without paying. Will she? Probably not.

Sadly this is what most news organizations are likely banking on: if everybody uses the same photo and the person simply cant be bothered to fight them all, they wont, and the news organization gets away with it.

Dirty trick, but hey, thats business.

[digirebelva]

Hopefully some of the newbies will read it and realize what they are potentially giving away..and yep a lot of them (media) are banking (so to speak) on the lack of knowledge (and the almighty "But its exposure") of the Amature photographer to not pursue infringement...

[Jim Bryant]

Most people or a newbie taking and posting the photos normally don't know anything about copyright. But if a person gets hurt in an accident, lawyers will wait in line. Hell, people are just too sue happy these days and will jump at the chance to make money.

Education is the most powerful tool in the photographer's arsenal. Everyone should think twice about posting photos to a social network.