Great example of the fact that you don't have to be a celebrity to have something like this happen to you. It isn't about fame at all. It is about a person's right to be able to share an experience, as we all do, and not have to worry about where that picture will end up later. Yes, we all run the risk of having any publicly displayed picture taken from us at any time, but, generally, people have the common courtesy not to take and distribute them because they know pictures are personal property and that it isn't their place to do such a thing.
For some reason, that rule goes right out the window when a celebrity is concerned. Everything is fair game, then, and that's where I have a problem. To me, it shouldn't matter who you are! If you're out having a friendly game of golf with your buds, snap some pictures, and then share them with each other on MySpace, JCSource shouldn't put them up on the web like they own them. It's that simple.
If you weren't invited, and you weren't taking the pictures, they aren't yours to distribute. It doesn't matter if it is a golf game, a game of cards or a party where JC has a bra on his head... If you weren't there, don't pass the pictures around like you were there. And don't get all pissy and holier-than-thou when JC and his friends threaten legal action because you basically gacked and distributed their property! Right?
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Other than that, if they are displayed publicly, I say look at the pretty all you want. They wouldn't be public if they didn't want people to look at them, right?
For some reason, that rule goes right out the window when a celebrity is concerned. Everything is fair game, then, and that's where I have a problem. To me, it shouldn't matter who you are! If you're out having a friendly game of golf with your buds, snap some pictures, and then share them with each other on MySpace, JCSource shouldn't put them up on the web like they own them. It's that simple.
If you weren't invited, and you weren't taking the pictures, they aren't yours to distribute. It doesn't matter if it is a golf game, a game of cards or a party where JC has a bra on his head... If you weren't there, don't pass the pictures around like you were there. And don't get all pissy and holier-than-thou when JC and his friends threaten legal action because you basically gacked and distributed their property! Right?
:)
Other than that, if they are displayed publicly, I say look at the pretty all you want. They wouldn't be public if they didn't want people to look at them, right?
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