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Permalink Reply by Sandra Prairie on June 19, 2010 at 4:17pm
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Permalink Reply by Ms. Gerry Hill on December 21, 2011 at 5:22pm I love findagrave also=but when I ask permission from one lady to use her picture there, she wanted to know where=was it for my personal genealogy or a "Paid" site??? I had never run into that before. I am a regular contributor for over 3 years now, and anyone is welcome to my pictures etc. But be sure to ask. I have seen a lot of comments on that-and folks who don't.
Permalink Reply by Pixie4852 on February 4, 2012 at 5:46am Folks, according to the Ancestry Terms & Conditions, you MUST have permission to add someone else's original content (such as a photo). The photos are not "free for the taking" - as stated in Find A Grave's "FAQs". Copying photos without the photographer's permission is copyright violation, which Ancestry takes very seriously. When a copyright holder (photographer) files an infringement claim with Ancestry, the family tree owner gets a "take down" notice. If you continue to do it, your account could be terminated!
The best thing to do is what you learned as a child: ask first! If told no, accept it graciously - don't be childish and copy it anyway!
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