Should I be mad?

Why do you have an Avi here that isn't you?
(Unless you are a 150+ year old historic figure)

ImCBParker wrote in post #11599342
7D, refer to any DCMA related case regarding infringement. Infringement and theft are two distinct and separate acts. Refer to my embedded link regarding the definition of infringement, or any legal precedence brought against those accused of infringing, as is the OP's case. Regardless of your feelings, there is a clear distinction.

Then what is the The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999. Theft is stealing digitally or not

7D_Sniper wrote in post #11599399
Then what is the The Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999. Theft is stealing digitally or not

I assume you mean HR 1761, Copyright Damages Improvement Act, which include's Hatch's amendment, that is actually no where in the language of the bill as it is just an amendment that happened in1999?

Suggest reading it and finding theft in the bill. The Hatch 1257 amendment you mention raised infringement fines. Only reference to theft is the title, not the law itself, which has been amended since. Upon reading it you will see it is distinguishably infringement everywhere not theft. There is a reason, as by law, definition, etc, they are two distinct acts.

It's not theft if you allow people use the photo as an act of good will.

Well stated CDI. Was at a venue/band shoot last night, and six different folks already have my work as their profile pic. Also got two scheduled shoots as a result and likey two more pending scheduling.

In this day and age you NEED to give resized digital files to people for facebook! Free marketing.

Svetlana wrote in post #11601501
In this day and age you NEED to give resized digital files to people for facebook! Free marketing.

+1

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It's close to 2hrs long and loaded with good information.

well no one really answered your question after all of this discussion... YES... you should be mad...

I really hate it when they scan one of my photos, and then used it on facebook and tell everybody its mine..... And its a crappy copy. Just GREAT!

Mary G Photo wrote in post #11602209
I really hate it when they scan one of my photos, and then used it on facebook and tell everybody its mine..... And its a crappy copy. Just GREAT!

Why don't you include a free facebook size photo with each photo they buy? that way they will have an amazing image of yours (you can even put your watermark on them!) to show to their online friends which will be generating more business for you? (as opposed to them looking at the crappy scanned photo).

Svetlana, that's exactly what I am thinking about doing. That way it's a win-win for everybody. They get to show off their new pictures and I get more exposure (pun intended).

griffithphoto wrote in post #11602310
Svetlana, that's exactly what I am thinking about doing. That way it's a win-win for everybody. They get to show off their new pictures and I get more exposure (pun intended).

As I said up in post #8:

"At this point, providing a few images for Facebook is just a regular freebie of doing business with me. I crop it to the proper Facebook proportions and put my logo in a banner on the bottom--people don't crop it out. No, I don't put a copyright symbol on it--I'm giving it to them for that use."

OP - I had that happen by an attendee of a wedding I shot. I wrote FB and within a day the picture was removed. Coincidentally (or maybe not!), the sisters of the girl who posted also removed pics that had been copied from my site. This was a friends wedding so I had a lot of visibility to to all the attendees fb pages and it was a good test. From that point forward, I have and will forever watermark everything I ever post online.

hum humm... how do you guys even find people using your images on facebook? Do you all really spend that much time perusing strangers profiles?

MOkoFOko wrote in post #11608937
hum humm... how do you guys even find people using your images on facebook? Do you all really spend that much time perusing strangers profiles?

Most of it is stumbled upon. I did some graphic design work for a business sent him some mock up samples of work for his business. He then posted the images using them to promote business and ignored me afterwards. So I contacted FB and the images were removed in a matter of hours.