That's kind of creepy. Not seeing the photos, I don't know if the photographer had the right to take them. If the kids were in a public place, a place where there is no reasonable expectation of privacy, then there's nothing legally wrong with doing so.
Same with publishing them. Both the photographer and Google+ would have the right to publish them as long as their images aren't being used for a commercial purpose. However just because it's legal doesn't mean it may not be in very poor taste, especially if the gallery is one of these sick things filled with pix of kiddies (not porn but still for the gratification of pedophile pervs). If it is one of those collections and the photographer refuses to remove dad's kids then Google+ should. They own the site and they have no obligation to allow this guy to publish anything he wants to on their site. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Eric Weir <[email protected]> Sent: December 30, 2011 12/30/11 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: Photos of Children Begin forwarded message: > From: "Google+ Discuss on behalf of sausagefeatures" > <[email protected]> > Date: December 30, 2011 5:29:15 AM EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Photos of Children > Reply-To: "Google+ Discuss on behalf of sausagefeatures" > <[email protected]> > > I have been invited to view an album of photos on Google+ featuring my > children (both under 13). I did not give permission for the photos to be > used online (or in fact for the photos to be taken in the first place). Is it > possible to get them removed from Google+? I have asked the owner but they > are refusing. As should be clear, this was posted to the Google+ discussion list. Am I correct in understanding that permission was not required in either case--in taking the photos or posting them? Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA [email protected] "A man should be in the world as though he were not in it so that it will be no worse because of his life." - Wendell Berry -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
