Pictures of your kids...

[ICF]

No problem with it....i've posted pics of neices / nephews on FB and had my kids pics posted by their aunts / uncles as well.

 

[karibritt01]

I don't think it's a problem unless it's an inappropriate picture to post and then I would ahve a problem wiht the taker and not the poster as much.

I disagree. I have plenty of pictures of my kids (bathtub, partially dressed, etc) that I took of my kids. I would be incredibly upset if someone posted them on the web, though. In other words, upset with the poster, and not the taker.

 

[DWGal210]

I would ask first. I am doing a PTR and we're traveling with my aunt, uncle and their kids but I haven't posted any pictures of them yet; I am going to ask first before I do. That goes for the TR as well, when we get back; I just don't want my aunt to be reading the Dis and see pictures of her kids and not know that I put them online!

 

[sbell111]

I have no problem with it.

 

[dizluvah]

My dear friend has expressed that she does not want pictures of her daughter (now 14 months) on the internet at all. Anyone can copy that picture and essentially "steal" that image and use it for anything.

That being said, I have other friends how posts literally hundreds of pictures on facebook of their children.

OP posed the question asking if they have a "right" to do so. I have no idea, but I would certainly never intentionally go against my friend/family members wishes just to post a photo. So for my friend that wants her daughter's image not to be shown, I either crop the photo or "blur" out the child's face in photo shop before posting the picture.

I think if you ask your friend/family member nicely to take photo's of your child down, they will comply. It would not occur me to ask permission of everyone in my photo's from our BBQ if I could post them on Facebook, but I would certainly remove a photo if someone asked me to do so.

 

[2binak]

Nope - not ok with me. I'm very cautious with my DD's pics since anyone can download a photo and use it for whatever purpose they want. I don't know everyone my friends and family are "friends" with on FB, myspace, etc. so I'd rather they not post DD's pics there. I've posted a couple of pics of DD here but I block out her face. I post her pics on my own FB account, but I've blocked my pics from being seen by anyone but my friends.

 

[Vixen]

my cam my pics i post them where ever i want

 

[C.Ann]

I think people should have permission before posting pictures of kids or anyone.

I agree..

 

[2binak]

my cam my pics i post them where ever i want

You may feel differently if you ever have children and realize that people can download pictures and use them however they want. I know a girl who's DD passed away. She had pics of her DD stolen from a website and used by someone else on another website. The woman who stole the pics claimed that the baby was hers and that she was a grieving mother who had just lost her DD. It was pretty sick!

The same can be done with pics of adults. You just never know how people are going to use pictures that are posted online. One recent story that was in the news talked about a family from the US whose picture ended up on a store billboard in another country. The store owner took the pic from the internet, went to his local sign shop and had the sign made. The family in the US only found out about it because a friend of theirs happened to live in that country and saw it while sightseeing.

 

[sbell111]

Technically the person that takes the picture "own's" the copyright, but does that give them the right to take pictures of your children and do what they want with them??

Of course it does.

 

[sbell111]

my cam my pics i post them where ever i want

You may feel differently if you ever have children and realize that people can download pictures and use them however they want. I know a girl who's DD passed away. She had pics of her DD stolen from a website and used by someone else on another website. The woman who stole the pics claimed that the baby was hers and that she was a grieving mother who had just lost her DD. It was pretty sick!

The same can be done with pics of adults. You just never know how people are going to use pictures that are posted online. One recent story that was in the news talked about a family from the US whose picture ended up on a store billboard in another country. The store owner took the pic from the internet, went to his local sign shop and had the sign made. The family in the US only found out about it because a friend of theirs happened to live in that country and saw it while sightseeing.

Your example didn't speak to Vixen's statement.

If someone stole the person in your example's pics and used them on their website claiming them as their own, she would have an easy peasey civil case to get them removed.

Also, your post does not speak to the OP's question. She was asking if someone has the right to post pics that they own, not pictures that someone else owns. Obviously, the answer to the OP's question is 'yes'.

 

[turkeymama]

I probably wouldn't be too concerned about a picture, but a picture and a name (especially if the town is obvious) would bother me.

This is what my soon-to-be-ex SIL did. With 300 friends on her Myspace, she posted pics of my kids, with the first and last names and the name of the city and state we lived in. I made her take them down. Actually, I didn't "make" her. I told her I didn't think that was very safe and she took them down on her own.

 

[2binak]

Your example didn't speak to Vixen's statement.

If someone stole the person in your example's pics and used them on their website claiming them as their own, she would have an easy peasey civil case to get them removed.

Also, your post does not speak to the OP's question. She was asking if someone has the right to post pics that they own, not pictures that someone else owns. Obviously, the answer to the OP's question is 'yes'.

I was giving an example of what can happen if someone post pics that they have taken of any child (their own or someone else's) online. Those pics can be downloaded (stolen) by anyone and used in whatever way they want to use them. Whether or not the person taking the pic has the legal right to publish them without permission, I don't know. I'm just sharing a cautionary story of what can happen.

Why bother even putting yourself in the position of having to go to court to have pics removed from a site when it's so easily avoidable in the first place by not posting them online?

 

[bubie2.5]

I agree..

 

[m&m's mom]

I guarantee I have posted pictures of other peoples kids on my FB albums without their permisison.
Look at any of you WDW pictures. Are any of them without some other kid in the background? Now, identifying them is different, I agree but if you took the picture, it is yours.

Slighty OT but for the heck of it I googled my name earlier today. One of the 1st references a news article I was quoted for that listed my hometown. Second article was directly from my HOA that only has 170 homes. It would be extremely easy to find me.
There have been people caught on google maps walking down the street. None of us should expect complete privacy anymore.

 

[sbell111]

... Why bother even putting yourself in the position of having to go to court to have pics removed from a site when it's so easily avoidable in the first place by not posting them online?

Because they are your pics and you wish to share them online?

Why bother risking having your nice car stolen when you could just drive a beater?

 

[robinb]

First of all, I agree with sbell111 (and others) that the person who takes the photo owns the photo. I obviously have no problem posting my own DD's photo so I would have no problem if my sister or SIL/BIL posted my DD's photo on their facebook account. In fact, I think that my DD's friend's mom posted a picture of her DD and my DD from last week's swim team party on her FB account. I don't have a FB account so I can't see them, but even then I don't have a problem.

The only problem that I see from someone posting a picture of a family member without checking with them first is if the account owner does not remove the photos if asked. Even then, it's more of a politeness/respect problem and not a legal problem.

 

[blissventure]

First of all, I agree with sbell111 (and others) that the person who takes the photo owns the photo. I obviously have no problem posting my own DD's photo so I would have no problem if my sister or SIL/BIL posted my DD's photo on their facebook account. In fact, I think that my DD's friend's mom posted a picture of her DD and my DD from last week's swim team party on her FB account. I don't have a FB account so I can't see them, but even then I don't have a problem.

The only problem that I see from someone posting a picture of a family member without checking with them first is if the account owner does not remove the photos if asked. Even then, it's more of a politeness/respect problem and not a legal problem.

I'm sure there are degrees of this. I have a relative that snaps pics like crazy at family "events", spends HOURS on facebook, sort of seems launched into facebook land. I was talking with another relative (that has young kids) about this. She can't seem to get her point across to him that she doesn't like her kids pics posted without permission. Our new solution is to just take a break from the get togethers.

 

[aprilgail2]

I don't have any problem with my daughters pictures being on facebook- heck her picture name and hometown were in a local paper for something she did- her name and town were announced at a local ballpark in front of thousands of people as she went on the field to accept an award.
I have many many kids pictures on my facebook that I have no clue who they are, one is a close up of my daughter and some kid that was right next to her- no way am I going to sit there blurring their faces out!