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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 3462400, member: 69089&quot;]So I decided to cut to the chase and run this issue past a couple of attorneys I know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s the scenario I gave them: I post a photo of something I own (my coins, my car, my watch, whatever), or a photo of my dog, or a photo from my vacation in Jamaica, on a forum. That photo finds its way onto the servers of an image aggregator like Google (they almost always do). Six months later Joe Blow does a search, sees my photo, appropriates it, and then posts it on another forum, or FaceBook, or Twitter. Can I sue him for copyright infringement?</p><p><br /></p><p>One attorney responded with this: “Every judge I know would consider that to be frivolous.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The other said: “Your thinking is correct. It would be a waste of time to pursue a case like this. A good lawsuit requires liability, damages, and a deep pocket to pay the damages. If any of those three elements are missing, the case is not worth pursuing.”</p><p><br /></p><p>It doesn’t matter what’s in the legal code. What matters are how issues like this are handled in the real world of the judicial system. Now, if Joe Blow had borrowed my photo and used it in a money-making endeavor, that’s a different matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The prosecution rests.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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