Pinpics Proposes Ebay Photo Use Ban
At the chat today hosted by LANSAM/Pinpics -it was revealed that Pinpics will no longer allow the use of Pinpics photos for Ebay.
This information was provided by LANSAM in the live chat on March 27, 2012.
As someone who provided Pinpics with over 10,000 photos in the last 10-12 years, this change does effect me substantially as I provided those photos in the first place -with the intent that the community could use them for whatever purpose and so that I could then retrieve for my purpose.
The photos contributed are still my property, and it appears that Pinpics/Lansam now wishes to stop my use of my own photos.
Pinpics/Lansam cannot grandfather in a clause that makes my photo their property, as I did not transfer copyright of the photo to them, only its use. A watermark does not change the copyright of something automatically.
This proposal is one that does damage me personally and many others in the community. I would suggest that Lansam/Pinpics has the right to do what they please with new photos, but those from before the transfer of ownership and change in TOS should remain the same as they were.
Diana
This information was provided by LANSAM in the live chat on March 27, 2012.
As someone who provided Pinpics with over 10,000 photos in the last 10-12 years, this change does effect me substantially as I provided those photos in the first place -with the intent that the community could use them for whatever purpose and so that I could then retrieve for my purpose.
The photos contributed are still my property, and it appears that Pinpics/Lansam now wishes to stop my use of my own photos.
Pinpics/Lansam cannot grandfather in a clause that makes my photo their property, as I did not transfer copyright of the photo to them, only its use. A watermark does not change the copyright of something automatically.
This proposal is one that does damage me personally and many others in the community. I would suggest that Lansam/Pinpics has the right to do what they please with new photos, but those from before the transfer of ownership and change in TOS should remain the same as they were.
Diana