topwater wrote on Dec 4^th, 2024 at 5:02pm:

db wrote on Dec 4th, 2024 at 11:28am: topwater wrote on Dec 4th, 2024 at 10:48am: ...I was sure to crop out the photographer's name. Why would you be sure to do that? Well, I assumed she sent this photo to this site thinking it would only be used here.  You could argue that I shouldn't have posted it elsewhere based on that, but it looked like a pretty simple snapshot so I thought it would be ok if I opened up solving this mystery to the outside world, but not share her name, as it's not my place to share her name with anyone who saw my post in the larger online community where I posted it.  Circuitous logic, arguably, but that was why I did what I did.  Apologies to the moderators of this site, and the photographer if I was out of line.

As for my raising the question, I did so because, MANY years ago, some outside parties were lifting photos from the QJ website for use on personal & business websites.  There was considerable discussion about it here at the time (the picture of a simple "steaming coffee cup" comes to mind for some reason) and some cautions & restrictions were established here about acquiring the photographers' permissions before doing so.  Those restrictions may no longer exist for all I know.  I do recall they were shown on a page that no longer exists on QJ where members could post pics/memories from their trips.  Whether such protocols still exist OR where I would even look to find them I can't say.  Maybe db can speak to that.  I just know it was a bit of an issue back in the day....

It could be that etiquette/rules on the internet have slackened considerably over time.  I, myself, have been guilty of lifting a pic every once in awhile to be my new "screen saver" for a period of time.  It may no longer be a big deal. I just don't know.  As someone who submits stories for magazine publication fairly frequently, I DO know it can be a big deal there with legal consequences for failure to do so.

Bottom line, I raised the question mainly because I simply do not know how it works on the internet anymore.

Later,

Jimbo   8-)