Protecting Unauthorized Posting Of Nude Photos
By Amy E. Feldman
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Think you don't have so much in common with Jennifer Lawrence (other than your shared ability to shoot a bullseye and your history of kissing Bradley Cooper, of course. Who hasn't done that?) Turns out that 13% of adults have had private content shared without their consent.
So Jennifer Lawrence's legal travails involving the nude pictures of her that were hacked and then posted on a porn site should be a lesson to you too. While you have the right tomuntag yourself on Facebook and Instagram, the porn site refused to take down Lawrence's pictures because they said they weren't violating copyright law. Here's why.
The photos apparently weren't selfies which means that since she didn't take them, it's actually the photographer who owns the copyright, unless she hired the photographer and then she would own the product of the photo shoot.
Now, the FBI can prosecute the hackers and the website can't make money off her image without her consent so she'll have options but here's your lesson: the decision to take potentially embarrassing photos is yours. Your mother would tell you not to, of course, but a lawyer will say that either take selfies that you own or make sure that you have an agreement with the photographer in writing showing you own the image.
And then, make sure the lighting is flattering.
