# If someone takes a picture of you (without your permission), who owns the picture? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-takes-a-picture-of-you-without-your-permission-who-owns-the-picture/946146 "2021-07-10T07:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 107
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-takes-a-picture-of-you-without-your-permission-who-owns-the-picture/946146/107 "2021-07-14T06:34:16Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > So… > > You are fine with that? No. You opened a thread with an interesting cite and a legitimate question and you’ve been irritating through out it because either you can grasp or you don’t like the answer. > [@A case study in TALKING TO THE POLICE AND HANGING YOURSELF with your own words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341/209): > > > [@pkbites](#): > > > > Which post was that which I did not answer? > > This one. In the thread you linked. > > > [@A case study in TALKING TO THE POLICE AND HANGING YOURSELF with your own words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-case-study-in-talking-to-the-police-and-hanging-yourself-with-your-own-words/939341/209): > > > > At the end of the day the state is imposing a penalty on you for an action you took. Maybe it was for murder or maybe it was for going 40 in a 30. That was answered before you even posted it. Once again, you either can’t grasp the concept or you just don’t like the answer. The fact there was not every violation of law and/or arrestable offense is an actual “crime”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-someone-takes-a-picture-of-you-without-your-permission-who-owns-the-picture/946146)._