Posted by Kwix at wsip68-15-218-40.at.at.cox.net on February 26, 2003 at 16:51:51:
In Reply to: He should sue these people's asses into bankruptcy posted by Booty Princess on February 26, 2003 at 14:08:07:
: There are legitimate issues of permission and likeness here. I'd suggest you, Fark-man, remove the altered picture altogether -- I don't care how quickly it will disappear anyway.
Ok, lets set the picture straight here. I am a registered member of Fark.com, much the same way you are a registered memeber of viewaskew.com. I am only one of 60,000 members of Fark.com. I personally have not participated in this photoshopping contest, nor do I have control over what images are linked to or modified. My presence at Viewaskew.com is simply an informational one.
: Maybe I'm overreacting; but it's NOT a free speech issue. Someone took a picture that didn't belong to them and is using it to advertise their crappy site.
Nobody is "Advertising" Fark.com. A registered member of Viewaskew.com linked to Fark.com a picture of Kevin Smith's daughter that he (Kevin) opted to share with members of Viewaskew.com as a submission for a Photoshop contest. The moderators at Fark.com opted that this was a picture suitable for photoshopping. They had no way of knowing it was not a "Public Domain" image. After the image was submitted for photoshopping, members of Fark.com then proceeded to alter the image as they saw fit. Some, admittedly, are cras and in very poor taste. Some are cute and clever. The picture that was linked further down on the board, is, indeed one of the more cras ones in the photoshop contest.
: The sad part is that Kevin has been enjoying putting pictures of himself and family on the board, and I guess he's probably now learned that he can't do that without subjecting them to the whims of perverted freaks like our friend here. That's pretty sad, but...such is the price of global communication, I suppose, every asshole with a bad sense of humor will exploit your best intentions.
Thank you for calling me a perverted freak. That is slander, and if you want to be sue happy, I by all rights have grounds to sue you, and viewaskew.com for slander. I will not, as I have a high moral standard and do not belive in frivilous lawsuits.
I understand that this is hard for you to grasp, but try to keep up. Any time you share personal information, willingly or otherwise, you open yourself up to attack. This applies to the internet as well as face to face contact. If I show you a picture of my wife and you go running off telling people that she is ugly, that is something I brought upon myself by opting to share my personal life with you. I am not saying it is right, nor is it justified, but it is the chance I take by trusting in your confidence. The fact of the matter is that Kevin trusted the members of Viewaskew.com by willfully showing them a photo of his daughter, and one of those members broke that trust by taking that photo and posting it to Fark.com.