Photos posted on Cyclechat being used elsewhere

[swansonj]

No they haven't. Bottom of this page: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/guidelines.213512/


A record is kept of the origin URL when it is converted and stored on CC. Should we receive a take-down request which corresponds with the author's site and origin URL we will honour the removal immediately.

As to copying in general - whilst people should respect your copyright and not use your images without permission, when you post them on public websites you make them available for people to copy and they do. I appreciate "everyone does it" is not an excuse, but ... everyone does it these days without thinking about it, and your images will be no different.

With that in mind, keep your absolute best photos to yourself and don't post them online. If you must, post them at such a small size or low quality that they would be of little or no practical use for anyone copying them. Alternatively consider adding a watermark or prominent copyright notice in an area of the image that it would be difficult to crop without ruining the "shot" for the person wanting to use it.

Unfortunately there isn't much CC can do for images you have uploaded here on threads that are public, but if you'd like to restrict viewing to members only you should upload them to the Media Gallery where you can limit who can view them.

Cheers,
Shaun

Out of interest, how often do you get take-down requests? Is this yet another of the hidden burdens of running this site that most of us don't appreciate?

 

[Shaun]

Is that really all the copyright terms? So we're not allowed to post images that we have permission for (including creative commons)? So we're not allowed to post excerpts for commentary? And we're not required to give CC permission to do anything with the images we upload?

I've updated it to include images that you have permission to use:

You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless you have permission from the author or the copyright is owned by you or by this site.

How do we restrict access to images in the media gallery, or to albums? I couldn't find any controls to do this.

It's in the album settings on the right hand side - should say Change Permissions at the bottom of the permissions box:

 

[Shaun]

Out of interest, how often do you get take-down requests? Is this yet another of the hidden burdens of running this site that most of us don't appreciate?

Thankfully, not very often, and all of them (so far) to the owner's satisfaction.