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Originally Posted by Irobot
So what's the deal on posting images on the site without the permission of the original photographer or owner of the item?
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GUN IMAGES:
Well regarding some of the images here on IMFDB.org .... Some of the images are obviously from some Airsoft vendor's sites, and this would be infringing on their copyright. We are trying to change that. Some of the images are from Wikipedia, so the original site should be attributed in the image. I've cleaned up some other member's contributed shots (color corrected, aligned straight, etc.) but I don't know where they got the originals. Again this is an ongoing and very large process. And many new members upload any manner of 'jacked' images which we have to assess or remove if necessary.
But, IMFDB's own policy is that we try not to jack other people's gun images without their permission. That is why I have spent so much time doing my own photographs and replacing all the images which are 'questionable'. My images that I photographed myself are copyrighted to me and I am granting license to IMDFB (and imdfb only). That is an on going process, but I intend to replace all possible weapon images (if possible, it may not be....) with images that are licensed to IMDFB specifically. I've already photographed over 260 custom images for this site. And we are the ONLY educational website (like Guns of the World, SecurityArms.com, etc.) who is actively creating our own gun images.
So far, the images of guns (from unknown sources) can stay, but if the owner requests for the removal of such image, we would do it right away. That's one of the reasons why we remark to members NOT to constantly upload images that aren't theirs (especially if they are not necessary or filling an obvious gap)
ESPECIALLY if we already have our own LICENSED image of that same gun.... If a gun site or store or owner saw their own gun's image on here, they have the right to request it's removal and we would honor that request.
Any member of IMFDB can link to or place the thumbnail or image of our reference gun images on any movie / Actor / Genre page
within IMDFB.org. The only restriction on using gun images on any other site, is related only to the ones that I have photographed myself. My images are for this site only and are copyrighted. Any other site illegally using them (especially for commerce) will be getting cease and desist letters for me (or my attorney) . However, I speak only for myself and not the site in general. The other images which I have not photographed, I have no control or authority to restrict their use.
SCREEN GRABS:
This one is in a grey area. It dances the fine line of journalism since there is no practical way to 'declare' that a certain firearm appears in a scene unless there is a screen grab to prove it. Since IMFDB is an educational site and not engaged in any commerce, I believe it is okay. We are not "Youtube" and we aren't sharing any video or music content. We are web based journalist/scholars (amateur of course) who are writing educational pages about the 'details' and 'trivia' of a movie, not replaying or broadcasting those movies or shows. I've noticed many high profile movie REVIEW sites which have screen grabs of the movies they are reviewing. Obviously their visibility is much higher than ours and I still see them using screen grabs when talking or reviewing a DVD or movie. So when it's 'journalist' or 'education' then it falls outside the purview of commerce.
Hope this helps. I noticed no one answered your question for several days and I was off line for a while and didn't log in until tonight.