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OOPs, I put some art that has been sitting on my computer for a long time on my Facebook page and it so magnified it that I now see that what I thought was a belt buckle was actually a Copyright mark. My eyesight is not wonderful.
So, I'm trying to find a way to contact FB about it to take it down, so if anyone can help me with that ????
If anyone knows M. C Krauss, please extend my apologies.
Sorry
Gwen
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DIY Delete
You put it up, you should be able to take it down. Go to the photo albums page and hover over the pic you want to delete. You'll get two boxes to the upper RH corner of the pic, one a star and the other a pencil. Hover over the star and it says "Highlight" and the other (the pencil) says "Edit or Remove", click on that and you get a drop-down menu. At the bottom of the menu is the option "Delete This Photo". Click on that.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
Gwen, I am sure that M. C
Krauss will not be mad as you have not tried to sell the picture. In fact, M. C Krauss just might thank you for the publicity that you generated.
May Your Light Forever Shine
Stan, you're guessing
You have no way of knowing what the artist will think so don't presume what s/he'll do. It is a copyrighted piece of art, and may very likely have strict conditions for it's use. Reactions could range from laughing it off to demands that it be removed to a full-blown infringement case. I know several artist's who do contract work on everything from manga to book covers. The owner of the images may allow the artist to display portions on their personal website but can become extremely pissed off if somebody appropriates their property. Don't expect the worst but don't assume the best. There's a lot of work by professional commercial artists on the web, and it all belongs to somebody!
Gwen has taken the proper steps as soon as she realized the work was under copyright, so she isn't showing any intent to profit from it. That's a big mark in her favor. And chances are this whole thing will fly under the radar. But don't presume to know how they'll react, because you don't have a clue.
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
FYI
Melissa C. Krauss is a professional artist and web designer
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
And her conditions of use are very plain, if...
...one happens to take the image from her web site.
The reality of the Internet is that there are countless images floating around loose, many of them without any attention to copyright and it can be very difficult for the layperson to ascertain what the actual copyright status might be. Whilst I am not a lawyer, and cannot give legal advice, in general, most artists will issue a "takedown notice" under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act before taking any action, if they have any brains at all. Enforcing copyright is *very* expensive, and most artists don't make enough to dish out fifty thousand dollars or so to actually file and pursue a claim. In fact, many don't make enough to pay the filing fees to have an actual lawyer draft and send a proper takedown notice.
In fact, the author of this post has just demonstrated publicly that her use of the image was innocent, and she's making every reasonable effort to correct her mistake. Without being judgemental, she should be given credit for that, and I strongly suspect that any court that might possibly become involved would take the same viewpoint, since the original infringer might be very difficult to find.
It's true that anything one posts on Facebook and most blogging sites can be deleted; people do it every day, but Facebook (and some other sites) make many things difficult for users to figure out exactly how to do.
If the image in question is in the Photo section of Facebook, I believe that all one has to do is click on the little pencil in a box button to edit one's photos. Other sites have different conventions, but it's always possible with a little exploration, for one thing because providers have to make it possible for users to comply with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act..
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Cheers,
Puddin'
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