Flickr To Myspace

[scorpius73]

So, here is the question. I have a picture of Meshelle Ndegeocello that I took at a show of hers in my flickr account. When I got home. I see that someone says we are using your image as the default picture for her official myspace page. I think thats cool. When I go to the page i see that if says dont take your camera to the show under my image on her page. Then someone rights yeah, those blight flashes mess up the show. I didnt use flash. I used a canonet QL17 gIII with tri-x pushed to 3200. Now I wrote the guy/girl saying they can use the image and just give credit. just remove the leave cameras at home. Am I being petty? Just curious.

 

[RML]

Well, first of all she could have asked your permission before posting it on her website.

Second of all, if this is a working performer, she might as well pay for the use of the shot (unless , of course, you're satisfied with credit).

Thirdly, it's often not the performer who objects the use of cameras but the record company, the agent, the venue or other entity that makes money off of this performer.

 

[Creagerj]

Not petty I don't think. performers usually don't object to pictures being taken, even with flashes. Trust me I work in production and I'm a performer, the lights on stage are far harder to cope with than camera flashes. They are hot and very bright. Although it would appear that this is her complaining. Performers can be like that though, I've dealt with plenty of complaints far more petty than a picture being taken.

She should have asked permission first because this is your property, and just because she is in the picture does not mean that she owns it.

Its up to you, if you're really insulted by the fact that she said that, you can ask to have the picture removed or the caption. It is your picture. Personally I would be annoyed, but that is just me. Thats a great shot by the way.

 

[scorpius73]

Not petty I don't think. performers usually don't object to pictures being taken, even with flashes. Trust me I work in production and I'm a performer, the lights on stage are far harder to cope with than camera flashes. They are hot and very bright. Although it would appear that this is her complaining. Performers can be like that though, I've dealt with plenty of complaints far more petty than a picture being taken.

She should have asked permission first because this is your property, and just because she is in the picture does not mean that she owns it.

Its up to you, if you're really insulted by the fact that she said that, you can ask to have the picture removed or the caption. It is your picture. Personally I would be annoyed, but that is just me. Thats a great shot by the way.

thanks, Creagerj.

 

[rbiemer]

Were it my photo that was being used this way, I'd ask that it be removed.
Sort of ironic that someone would steal your work and then use it to complain about shooting concerts.
Nice photo, indeed! And very clearly not a flash shot.
Rob

 

[scorpius73]

i have contacted myspace. i asked them to remove my photo. we shall see. im flattered that it was used as the default photo. she is a very well regarded r&b artist. just dont complain about cameras if you want to use it.
the good ol canonet with a steady hand with pushed tri-x. cant lose!

 

[pesphoto]

I have found my photos used on MySpace pages from my website.
Mostly I dont care, its mostly just kids using them. But I found a couple I didnt want used the way they were. The photos were hotlinked from my website, so once I removed them from my website's server they dissapear from the myspace page. So if you remove the photo from your flickr acct they'll be removed from the mysapce page if they are linked to your site. Worth a try if you dont get the response from them you want.

 

[WoolenMammoth]

the rule of thumb I go by is if you put it on the internet, you are giving it away. period. Of course you retain the rights to it, but anyone that has been involved in a real legal fight with real breathing judges and real lawyers who need to be paid real money knows exactly what Im talking about. I recently had *many* photos lifted off my website and used in a story that had national media attention and had my stuff on close to 100 websites, all stolen...

At any rate, the terms that they post on their site are ultimately none of your business, its their site, they can put whatever they want on it, except ironically, your intellectual property without your permission... Anyhow, "no photography" statements are generally not aimed at photographers in the first place, but fans with cameras. In todays cell phone age, a statement like that is beyond ridiculous, but if they want to make it, its their perogotive.

If someone informed me they were using my property on their page in that matter, I would have a complete meltdown. There are people out there that should know better and there are people you can let slide sometimes, and artist management most certainly is in the category of should have known better. Seems like you already addressed that problem though.