Syble, When a person uploads their picture to FamilySearch, they agree that they hold the copyright and that their picture is now open to the public. Their terms of use are pretty clear about this. Marlo was demonstrating what can be done within these realms.
Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 6:34 AM, Syble Glasscock <syble_...@yahoo.com>wrote: > I noticed that he demonstrated how you could take/steal a photo from a > Family Tree on the Family Search website and drag it into this Heritage > Collector software on your computer. I would think this is illegal, I've > had numerous photos taken from my website and from where I've posted on > findagrave.com then they are added the ancestry.com trees which is > clearly against Findagrave and Ancestry's rules and I would certainly hope > against the rules of Family Search. Those of us that spend hours either > walking cemeteries taking tombstone photos, contacting relatives and > requesting photos from them, restoring old photos or paying others to > restore them are highly offended that others take this so lightly. People > that take these, rarely source where the photo came from, then they are > passed from tree to tree and some even attached to the wrong person with > incorrect information. > > I hope this situation will be address properly from Legacy, Heritage > Collector and from Family Search. > > Syble > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
