Anyone have some great shots to use as my screensaver?

[Jenny-momof3]

I'm looking for a collection of Disney pictures to use as a screensaver. Anyone have any they would like to share?

They will only be used by me. And I agree not to print or share with others. Thanks! :goodvibes

[WDWFigment]

You can find a link to my shots in my signature.

[zackiedawg]

That's probably the easiest way...just check out people's signatures to get to their Disney galleries, and see what you like. If you're not selling, distributing, or posting them elsewhere, I don't think anyone would mind you right-clicking and saving their photos to use as a personal screensaver!

[Jenny-momof3]

Wonderful...thank you!

I didn't know if it was okay to do that without asking permission first.

[MICKEY88]

I respectfully disagree with zackiedawg,

you should ALWAYS ask before taking someone's photos, no matter what your intended use is..

[SrisonS]

You can take a gander at my Flickr shots if you want. :thumbsup2

[SrisonS]

I respectfully disagree with zackiedawg,

you should ALWAYS ask before taking someone's photos, no matter what your intended use is..

I think that most people who flat out promote their picture galleries in their sig really care though. Especially if full size versions are easily available, and the pics are just being used as a Desktop or something.

Don't wanna scare people into thinking they're gonna locked up for a lil' bitty screensaver. :thumbsup2

[MICKEY88]

I think that most people who flat out promote their picture galleries in their sig really care though. Especially if full size versions are easily available, and the pics are just being used as a Desktop or something.

Don't wanna scare people into thinking they're gonna locked up for a lil' bitty screensaver. :thumbsup2

I don't think anyone needs to fear getting locked up for the common courtesy of asking..


wth all due respect..
the key word in your post and zackiedawg's is you THINK people wouldn't mind, you don't know for a fact, so again what is the harm in the common courtesy of asking first..

[zackiedawg]

Reasonable enough...I definitely used the 'think' for that reason - I know I'm OK with it, but not sure others wouldn't be - so maybe after a browse through the galleries if the OP finds something they like and aren't sure if the gallery owner minds, they can put up a quick request to be sure.

As for me...definitely OK in my galleries. I don't keep any full res photos in there anyway, for just that reason...I don't want anyone having access to full res shots that could be used for sale or publication, so I just limit my uploaded photos to no more than 1024 pixels, which should be good for a screensaver, but not fit for large prints or publication.

[Jenny-momof3]

Okay...I am sitting here in awe at the AMAZING talent you guys have! :scared1: Youve all got some mad photography skills! I have DSLR and a few lenses but just haven't been able to capture what you guys are. Of course...I usually have a kid or 2 pulling on me whenever I stop to snap some. :rolleyes1

I need to give you a little backstory....

We were supposed to take another trip next month. We have a new baby and took him for the first time in April ( he was 10 weeks). He didn't do well at all with the heat so we've now cancelled the upcoming trip and will wait until next year to go. My 5 yr. old has been so sad that we're not going. :sad2: But sitting here looking at these pictures with me...he's perked right up and keeps talking about where each picture is at, etc. I'm going to bookmark each of you who offered for me to look through their galleries. And when we have a few moments here and there we will look through them together and reminisce.

So not only have you made my day by sharing your amazing photos....you've also brought a smile to a very sweet little boy. Thank you again. :goodvibes

[zackiedawg]

Thank you...much appreciated and very nice to hear your story. If you decide to flick through my gallery, though i haven't finished the project yet, I did start geotagging all of my Disney photos...probably 2/3 of my shots are done...you'll see the words 'view map' right below the image title. So if you are trying to figure out where a photo was taken, click on that, and it will take you to a map or satellite view and show you right where I was standing when I took that pic (plus or minus 5 feet!). I still need to get caught up on my photos from my last two trips there.

[photo_chick]

I totally agree with asking permission. It's the right thing to do unless it is stated that it's free to use, public domain, or there is a creative commons license or something.

Search deviantart.com , too. There are tons of images of all kinds, Disney included, that do have creative commons licenses on them.

[SrisonS]

I don't think anyone needs to fear getting locked up for the common courtesy of asking..


wth all due respect..
the key word in your post and zackiedawg's is you THINK people wouldn't mind, you don't know for a fact, so again what is the harm in the common courtesy of asking first..

I definitely don't think there's any harm in asking. Just stating that in my opinion, the majority of people (and I never said all) who promote their Disney pics on a Disney site will have that Disney spirit, and have no problem with sharing.

[MICKEY88]

I definitely don't think there's any harm in asking. Just stating that in my opinion, the majority of people (and I never said all) who promote their Disney pics on a Disney site will have that Disney spirit, and have no problem with sharing.

again I still think the right thing to do is to ask, rather than assuming it's OK,

[mabas9395]

My neighbor knows for sure that I will say "yes" when he asks to borrow my lawn mower, but he still asks. Even when the garage door is wide open.

[SrisonS]

My neighbor knows for sure that I will say "yes" when he asks to borrow my lawn mower, but he still asks. Even when the garage door is wide open.

Not quite the same as a digital picture that a thousand people can use and enjoy at once. Just taking your lawn mower could come at an inconvenience to you; so there's definite need to ask (or maybe you promised it to someone else... or it's broken :confused3 ). You're also not sitting it on his lawn when his grass is high, on National Lawn Mower Day..... so no real open invitation.

But like I mentioned.... no harm in asking. :thumbsup2

I just think things get a lil' too serious sometimes when someone just asks for screensaver shots; or pics for other small personal uses.

[WDWFigment]

If the neighbor leaves his garage door up, it's open season on lawnmower use!!! ;)

The way I see it, if you're putting pictures out there without any effort to secure them and advertising them to others in your signature, others have a reasonable expectation that you intend to share them in online or similar forms. You're really splitting hairs debating there being a difference between someone actively downloading it to look at on their screen, or their computer passively downloading a cached copy while they look at the image on their screen, online. Is the form of what's occurring all that different? No. Easily distinguishable would be someone downloading and reuploading as their own, selling, etc.. No great jumps in logic are required, in my opinion, to see the distinctions.

Sure, it might be polite to ask, but if someone were to download the images of anyone here who has a link in their signature for personal (e.g., desktop background, screensaver) use, we couldn't justifiably complain about it too much.

For future reference, no one needs to ask me.

[MarkBarbieri]

I agree. Posting your pictures online implies permission for some uses. Obviously, it implies permission to view them in the context in which they were posted. It also implies permission to click on the image and view it in your browser in isolation from the page it is on, assuming that the image is referenced by its own URL. In theory, I could leave my browser open on my desktop effectively using the image as wallpaper. I could also write a screensaver that opens the browser to that image and displays it. None of those uses would violate what I think is implied when a person posts the image.

Copying it from its hosted location to a local location in a more permanent way that a brower's cache is probably a technical violation of owner's copyright. For a violation is trivial as taking a publicly posted image and using it as a background or screensaver image, I think the violation is so minor as to not warrant any concern. It is certainly polite to ask permission, but I wouldn't consider it necessary.

As for my images (found at http://photos.barbierifamily.org/disney), feel free to use any of those images that do not recognizbly show myself, my family, or my friends. You can use them in any way you want that doesn't violate any of Disney's rights or anyone else's rights that I cannot release. That includes both personal and commercial use. I reserve no copyright on those images and consider them to be in the public domain. As for the images that show my family and friends, you can freely use those in any non-commerical way that a reasonable person would not consider harmful to me, my family, or my friends.

Personally, I think that we are way to restrictive about copyrights. They last far longer than is needed to encourage the creation of works. They are too easily obtained (essentially everything is automatically copyrighted) and too difficult to track. I know that's a very minority opinion amongst photographers, but it is what it is.

[MICKEY88]

If the neighbor leaves his garage door up, it's open season on lawnmower use!!! ;)

The way I see it, if you're putting pictures out there without any effort to secure them and advertising them to others in your signature, others have a reasonable expectation that you intend to share them in online or similar forms. You're really splitting hairs debating there being a difference between someone actively downloading it to look at on their screen, or their computer passively downloading a cached copy while they look at the image on their screen, online. Is the form of what's occurring all that different? No. Easily distinguishable would be someone downloading and reuploading as their own, selling, etc.. No great jumps in logic are required, in my opinion, to see the distinctions.

Sure, it might be polite to ask, but if someone were to download the images of anyone here who has a link in their signature for personal (e.g., desktop background, screensaver) use, we couldn't justifiably complain about it too much.

For future reference, no one needs to ask me.

Hmm so if I put christmas lights outside my house for the world to see, do people have a reasonable expectation that I have no problem with them taking the lights for their own personal use, as long as they don't sell them...LOL

ok so please define reasonable effort to secure them, a lot of hosting sites allow you to rpevent right clicking, but there are ways around that, is it Ok to use those methods to take someone elses photos

[WDWFigment]

Hmm so if I put christmas lights outside my house for the world to see, do people have a reasonable expectation that I have no problem with them taking the lights for their own personal use, as long as they don't sell them...LOL

ok so please define reasonable effort to secure them, a lot of hosting sites allow you to rpevent right clicking, but there are ways around that, is it Ok to use those methods to take someone elses photos

The Christmas light example, as with the lawnmower, is easily distinguishable as both are consumable goods. They have a usable life, and a limited number of users. Conversely, intellectual property can be enjoyable by limitless numbers without impacting the simultaneous use of another individual.

Obviously it's all a matter of personal interpretation, but I would say "reasonable effort to secure" could be any of the following: right click disable, watermark stating "do not copy, download, alter...", posting only thumbnail or very small sizes. While there are ways to circumvent each of these steps, it is clear to most honest individuals that the photographer's intent in those instances is for others to not download. It's largely a matter of determining the subjective intent of the other party.

Just my take...

[MICKEY88]

The Christmas light example, as with the lawnmower, is easily distinguishable as both are consumable goods. They have a usable life, and a limited number of users. Conversely, intellectual property can be enjoyable by limitless numbers without impacting the simultaneous use of another individual.

Obviously it's all a matter of personal interpretation, but I would say "reasonable effort to secure" could be any of the following: right click disable, watermark stating "do not copy, download, alter...", posting only thumbnail or very small sizes. While there are ways to circumvent each of these steps, it is clear to most honest individuals that the photographer's intent in those instances is for others to not download. It's largely a matter of determining the subjective intent of the other party.

Just my take...

ok thanks

[Jenny-momof3]

Oh my....I didn't mean to start a debate with this.

I will only be using the photos of those of you that gave me permission. And again...only for screensavers. Although now my ds wants to wallpaper his room with all these gorgeous pics! :rotfl:

Scrolling through your pics is helping me see Disney in a whole new way. Thank you again. :goodvibes

[MICKEY88]

Oh my....I didn't mean to start a debate with this.

I will only be using the photos of those of you that gave me permission. And again...only for screensavers. Although now my ds wants to wallpaper his room with all these gorgeous pics! :rotfl:

Scrolling through your pics is helping me see Disney in a whole new way. Thank you again. :goodvibes

it's Ok, that's one more thing about the photo board, we seem to have the most civil debates on here..