Do you think this is right? Should they have obtained permission first

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My aunt rcvd a phone call out of the blue from a man that she had not spoken to in over 12 years.


He was a the owner of show horse that my aunt used to show for him years ago.

Well this man got ahold of my aunt to tell her that a horse magazine wanted to do a piece on this mare and her career and that he had submitted pictures of my aunt showing her and a write up about her (my aunt that is)

I thought it was odd that he did not ask permission first. I know that he was this mares owner but surely he does not hold all rights to publish photos of her (my aunt that is)and her name without consent...even if they are of her with his mare.


My aunt happens to be tickled pink and excited about it all, but what if someone was not?

It is just bad manners imo
 

I would be very annoyed if some had done this to me. Like you say, using pics of the horse is one thing, but putting your aunts name in is abit out of order.

On the other hand though, at least he did ring her and tell her, coz it might have been abit weird for her to see her name and photo in a mag with no explaination!
 
I dont know if Id be annoyed as such, but then I dont mind things like that, but yes I think common courtesy would dictate he asked before and not just informed her after.
 
Yes it could of gone either way, tickled pink, or really rather grumpy. I think he should of definately gained permission first, and so should the magazine actually!
 
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yes.
He should have asked her first,no question.
Sure most people would be happy to be in an article about a past horse but even if you "know" they would be happy with it you should always ask first.
 
Well on the one hand, it's no different from people on here who put up pictures of other peoples horses and then often rip them to bits.....apparently this is okay to most users on here. I always have a very uneasy feeling about this sort of thing to be honest, and in your Aunts case, yes I think it was discourteous, to say the least, of him not to ask permission.
 
whoever took the photo holds the copyright of that photo (unless they sold the copyright to the photo) and can use it however they want.
However common curtasy dictates that you at least ask those in the photo first.
 
I think it is very discourteous, but he has the right to do it. If the photos were taken by himself, there is no Copyright issue, and don't the newspapers write articles about people without their knowledge. I do think he should have asked first though. Also, the article was about the mare, not your aunt, ans as long as he didn't make personal comments of a bad nature then he has done nothing wrong.
 
If the photos were his, and your aunt was in the picture holding the horse then he can quite rightly use the photos without referring to you aunt at all after all he owns the copywright. He was probably doing the right thing in asking your aunt if she would mind and then her name would also appear in the write up. Note in your original post he was asking if it was okay and that he had submitted a piece. He can submitt a piece prior to it being published and then get the copy back from the magazine to go through to check that there is nothing defamatory in it or changed too much out of context. Your Aunt could have said yay or nay in this time and he could have pulled out any reference to her in the article, this would still not be able to stop anyone who owns/taken a picture of your aunt having it published. Otherwise he could have gone ahead and there would have been no recognition at all. If you Aunt is happy then don't make a mountain out of a mole hill.
 
I am not making a mountain out of anything tbh
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Just asking a simple question on how forum mebers would have handled it or (in turn) would have likes it handled.

In her case it has turned out great and I am excited too. I was simply asking everyone what thier views were on this subject and what they thought was courteous or rude
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I personall would not dare have submitted anyones name or pic in an article about my mare without speaking to them first...but that's just me


It may be legal, but lots of rude things are
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my so called friend put her, her sister, me and my sister in the 'pick me up' magazine, we had a whole page write up about how we have known each other since birth blaa blaa blaa, and we are all best buddies!!! we had had a photo shoot months before for the daily mirror or daily star (i cant remember which one!!) for the same reason, but she had our say so for that, and also she mentioned my mum and her name in the mag so she was jumping!!!

we see each other now and again, as they still live opposite my mum and sis, but she didnt tell us that she did it, my sisters co-worker saw it and told us and when i confronted ''friend'' she acted all surprised and didnt know anything about it!!!! so i rang the magazine and asked who put it in the mag and she said whoevers name is above the title. and it WAS my mate!!

but theres nothing i could do about it, the worst thing was that she lied to us.
 
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