Interesting how Virgin Mobile of Australia thought it was okay to randomly take pictures from Flickr to use in their ad campaign.
Flickr: The Virgin Mobile – Are you with us or what? Pool
One girl in the US is suing the company because they didn’t get a model release from her. Whoever did the ad campaign should have known better.
How would I feel if one of my photos were used? Well, if it contained a person, then I wouldn’t be too happy. I don’t upload pictures of my friends and family to be exploited like that. If it was just an inanimate object, then I wouldn’t give a care in the world. I would probably be flattered that they used my photo. It’s a very delicate line, really. I’m uploading photos of my daily life for everyone to see. I figure, I don’t know the people who look at my pictures, and they probably don’t really care. I don’t really post incriminating photographs, unless you’re an unneutered male rabbit… But, I think the rabbit was an exhibitionist anyways, so I doubt he would have cared. :P Anyway, I don’t care if people look at my pictures. If I did, I would have set the privacy to private instead of public. I don’t care if people post comments on my pictures unless they were rude. I love taking pictures. I usually post only the ones that I think are good anyways. Just don’t take advantage of my photography.