Reply To: Fauxtogs who should end up on the main page…

[fstopper89]

Why on earth do all these fauxs seem to confuse “copyright” with print releases? They all offer a “CD with full copyright release.” And then get mad when someone copies or edits the photos.

Have to point this out too: A fauxtog I linked awhile back, “Fantasy Memoria” wrote this on their page:

“well i have degleted my site yes i had photos that were taken by friends family for fun and events i should have put them in their prospective place my( face book )I had some sites bashing these photos and talking about me well i am certified and once again I do not need to explain myself. I well say everything is back to normal will be posting new work i have done and well be work done with quality and I took action, I have an attorney will take action if anyone Intends to tag any photos off my site. I have all copy rights.”

I had linked some of her work here, and then shortly after that, a few of their photos ended up on that FB page called “You think you are a photographer?” and I think she got some backlash. I think whomever created that FB page was someone who uses these forums because most of the images shared (yes, shared, not copied and re-uploaded) were those linked in this forum. Anyway, some of the fauxs who had their stuff linked to that page were all in a tizzy because they strictly do NOT allow people to “share” their photos on FB and claim it to be under their copyright laws. They even say people may not tag themselves in the photos, and that that is a violation! I swear some of these fauxtogs are also just really, really dumb if they believe that is copyright violation. All that tagging or sharing does is link it to the original page (which, isn’t that good publicity?) so it is not stealing their work.