Hi,
What are the laws concerning posting fake (composite) photos on the Web? I found a UK website with a bunch of composite images that grafted the head/face of a freind of mine on some porno images. :mad: Is there anything I can do to help her?
Yes. get in touch with the site’s host - i’d be incredibly surprised if that kind of activity didn’t breach their service agreement.
Definitely contact the ISP. Mention Godfrey vs Demon, too, which was an internet libel case that scared a lot of British ISPs. It’s not directly comparable, but may just worry them enough.
Thanks.
Is there any way I can nail this guy’s hide to the wall? Is it just libel or are there any criminal laws against this sort of atrocious behaviour? People like him should definitely be discouraged.
Getting the pictures taken off the site is probably only a matter of contacting the host. Legal action is probably a much more costly and difficult ordeal, although I’m told that libel laws in the UK make things a lot easier for the plaintiff than in the US.
I saw a brand new book on British Internet law sitting in the bargain bin in a bookshop in Oxford Street yesterday for £1
now i wish i’d bought it :smack:
I doubt very much indeed that a court would entertain ‘libel’.
I suppose there might be an element of defamation if the photo’s were promoted as genuine but, otherwise, who’s going to take it seriously ? I just don’t think it would really wash in the UK … unless there’s something else, I’d guess it would probably fall under the heading of ‘poor humour’
Infringement of copyrights?
From what I’ve read in the papers, in the UK you don’t hold a copyright on your own image - only the photographer does. If the pictures were taken without the friend’s consent, and weren’t taken in a public place, then you might be able to invoke privacy laws.
Oh, and by the way, The Sport newspaper prints softcore fakes of celebs every single week, with seeming impunity. So in my opinion, contacting the ISP is the best route.