Comments on: Virgin Mobile Ad Campaign Ruins Girl’s Life http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:14:34 -0500 hourly 1 By: Tereasa http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/comment-page-1/#comment-439333 Tereasa Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:26:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/#comment-439333 I don't think the Girl was at fault here. The Author/Photographer holds the responsibly of obtaining a proper model release if he intends the photo to be used for commercial purposes. Whether or not there are monetary gains. And shame on the Ad Agency for not following up on that matter. A good designer will make sure there will be no issues with stock images. I think that claiming to be humiliated is a bit of a stretch for the girl and her family - the photo was on the 'net for anyone to find and see... I don’t think the Girl was at fault here. The Author/Photographer holds the responsibly of obtaining a proper model release if he intends the photo to be used for commercial purposes. Whether or not there are monetary gains. And shame on the Ad Agency for not following up on that matter. A good designer will make sure there will be no issues with stock images.

I think that claiming to be humiliated is a bit of a stretch for the girl and her family – the photo was on the ‘net for anyone to find and see…

]]> By: Liam http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/comment-page-1/#comment-439249 Liam Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:22:22 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/#comment-439249 Forgot to add...If she wasn't the owner of the photo and appeared in it, it was up to the Author who posted the picture on Flickr to have set the suitable CC Attribution or ask the individual person in the photo if it was ok to make the picture public. By the title of the photo http://flickr.com/photos/chewywong/467623403/ the person knew her... I think both the Author and the Girl at fault, not Virgin. Forgot to add…If she wasn’t the owner of the photo and appeared in it, it was up to the Author who posted the picture on Flickr to have set the suitable CC Attribution or ask the individual person in the photo if it was ok to make the picture public. By the title of the photo http://flickr.com/photos/chewywong/467623403/ the person knew her… I think both the Author and the Girl at fault, not Virgin.

]]> By: Liam http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/comment-page-1/#comment-439245 Liam Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:17:26 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/#comment-439245 Doubt she will win this case. Her photos were released under CC Attribution License which means they can be used for any purpose if they link back to author... they did just that. Next time they should think about changing the creative commons licensing type... stupid girl. This is why we have creative commons... to protect the author, they should of read up about creative common licensing before signing up to Flickr. Doubt she will win this case. Her photos were released under CC Attribution License which means they can be used for any purpose if they link back to author… they did just that. Next time they should think about changing the creative commons licensing type… stupid girl.

This is why we have creative commons… to protect the author, they should of read up about creative common licensing before signing up to Flickr.

]]> By: Travis http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/comment-page-1/#comment-439206 Travis Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:55:53 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-ad-campaign-ruins-girls-life/#comment-439206 It could have been worse they could have been selling herpes medicine or something worse than phones. Why would a company just steal a photo and use it - they had to know the person would figure it out eventually. Even if they did not break any laws they still should have given this more thought and used photos with people's permission. It could have been worse they could have been selling herpes medicine or something worse than phones. Why would a company just steal a photo and use it – they had to know the person would figure it out eventually. Even if they did not break any laws they still should have given this more thought and used photos with people’s permission.

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