Spinoff: taking pictures of people without their permission

[missy]

Re: Spinoff: taking pictures of people without their permiss

I think we would all like to believe that if we stumbled across a meme of ourselves at our least flattering going viral we would self reflect, take it with a grain of salt, use it as a future catalyst for better judgement.

In reality it would suck. You'd feel violated and ashamed. If you were already suffering with depression/anxiety it could be the tipping point. We can't blame ourselves for the actions of others in most cases. But you can choose not to take a photo of a person with the express intent being to humiliate them.

I really just can't wrap my head around taking a photo of a stranger in that context.

I agree completely Elliot. It would be mortifying and horrifying if you were the one in the photo. And forget about you would feel if it happened to you personally for a moment because independent of how *you* (the general you) would feel it is WRONG ethically and morally to post a knowingly embarrassing photo of someone (and without their permission).

It is always WRONG to make fun of someone based on their appearance or any other superficial characteristic and I would go even further and say in general in it wrong to make fun of anyone for any reason. But there is definitely a difference b/w a good laugh with someone vs at someone. KWIM? We have all laughed at ourselves and that is part of the human existence. Stuff happens and we have to laugh at ourselves. But it is an entirely different story to laugh *AT* someone and for such a mean spirited reason.

Sorry for the lecture I didn't mean to go on and on but I feel passionately about this topic. It is *not* OK to make fun of anyone especially a civilian (as opposed to a politician let's say).

Speaking of politicians HRH Francesca has given me her permission to share this photo of her.

I love everything about this post!!!!

Thank you Elliot and right back at ya. (((HUGS))). From me and all 4 (liberal) kitties!

 

[House Cat]

Re: Spinoff: taking pictures of people without their permiss

To be fair the pics we posted of men are of celebrities and are fair game by that definition. I know you don't like what I said and that is your prerogative. I don't like pics posted of people who have not given their permission.

I find paparazzi the lowest form of life.

Even celebs have the right to privacy and the right to not being humiliated.

But Red you are still missing my point.

Personally I do not care what pictures you or anyone post, as long as it does not involve children.

What bothered me is the double standard.

There was absolutely no double standard that took place.

We were laughing at speedos in general.

You were saying that women of a certain (large) build shouldn't wear leggings.

There is a very big difference.

There was no man shaming. There was no fat man shaming.

You were body shaming and now you are trying to drag the rest of us down with you. Well, I'm not goin sister.

 

[OreoRosies86]

Re: Spinoff: taking pictures of people without their permiss

To be fair the pics we posted of men are of celebrities and are fair game by that definition. I know you don't like what I said and that is your prerogative. I don't like pics posted of people who have not given their permission.

I find paparazzi the lowest form of life.

Even celebs have the right to privacy and the right to not being humiliated.

But Red you are still missing my point.

Personally I do not care what pictures you or anyone post, as long as it does not involve children.

What bothered me is the double standard.

There was absolutely no double standard that took place.

We were laughing at speedos in general.

You were saying that women of a certain (large) build shouldn't wear leggings.

There is a very big difference.

There was no man shaming. There was no fat man shaming.

You were body shaming and now you are trying to drag the rest of us down with you. Well, I'm not goin sister.

Ditto thritto quadritto

 

[redwood66]

Re: Spinoff: taking pictures of people without their permiss

To be fair the pics we posted of men are of celebrities and are fair game by that definition. I know you don't like what I said and that is your prerogative. I don't like pics posted of people who have not given their permission.

I find paparazzi the lowest form of life.

Even celebs have the right to privacy and the right to not being humiliated.

But Red you are still missing my point.

Personally I do not care what pictures you or anyone post, as long as it does not involve children.

What bothered me is the double standard.

There was absolutely no double standard that took place.

We were laughing at speedos in general.

You were saying that women of a certain (large) build shouldn't wear leggings.

There is a very big difference.

There was no man shaming. There was no fat man shaming.

You were body shaming and now you are trying to drag the rest of us down with you. Well, I'm not goin sister.

Ditto thritto quadritto

But I thought you said I made a double standard? Which is it? Just because I said speedos on men which is what we were talking about. Basically I was agreeing with you.

 

[blackprophet]

Re: Spinoff: taking pictures of people without their permiss

Disclaimer: I have never looked at the POWM website, however I have seen them pop up on other sites.

Not sure what the laws are like in the US, but in Canada your face is part of your "personal information" and it is thus illegal to post it without your permission.

Now, like downloading music, posting others has become common place and normalized, that doesn't make it not illegal. And if you did end up on POWM without your permission, I'm fairly confident threatening with legal action would get it removed quickly. But strictly speaking to post someone else's face on your page or even social media, you are supposed to have their permission.

SO what about Paparazzi? Technically they are media, and the media doesn't not need your permission to publish your face, the rules are different for them.

I'm sure POWM is counting on those people never seeing their picture/not knowing they can get it taken down.

Showing up in a meme is a totally different beast, and would be almost impossible to stop or persecute. I can only imagine how some of the more unwitting subjects of memes feel when their face goes viral.