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can a line manager keep a photo lifted from facebook on your personal file? - Derek w - 04-18-2014 11:48 PM
A colleague of mine went to her manager and subsequently saw her file and there was a picture of her in a short skirt sitting on a wall with a drink in her hand at a carnival.
The photo had been lifted from Facebook. The colleague was off work at the time with stress.
- Mark IX - 04-18-2014 11:54 PM
Yes, of course. Your friend put it on Facebook, therefore it's in the public domain. If she was off with "stress" she might have some explaining to do.
- guiri - 04-19-2014 12:02 AM
Facebook is a public forum.
- Piran - 04-19-2014 12:10 AM
Anyone in the world can copy a picture off FB.
UK
- Jon - 04-19-2014 12:24 AM
An image placed on Facebook remains subject to copyright.
However keeping a screenshot for this sort of purpose sounds like 'reasonable use', and so I doubt there is any breach of copyright.
If someone copied the image and used it for something like making a card sold at a profit, she could claim royalties.
- rkan - 04-19-2014 12:39 AM
Facebook is so last year.