My Public Photo in the Internet was Printed in the Newspapers.

I am sure there are laws that state that a photo of yourself cannot be printed without your say so and your authority, that is classed as copyright and infringement of your rights? Have you contacted the paper regarding this matter? I am not sure about different rules in different countries but in my country this would not be right and the paper would need to have asked permission beforehand. I hope you get this matter sorted.

Actually the paper is in the wrong for publishing your photo without you having any knowledge of it, no matter the intent of the article written. Although it is rather easy to obtain anyone's picture from the net, before using it people are suppose to get the consent of the owner before publishing it elsewhere. I would seriously think about getting in contact with the newspaper and let them know they had no right publishing your photo without your permission. Then start placing a copyright on all your photos you place online. It don't have to be anything fancy, just something like © copyright (your name here) 2008 (or whatever year it may be).

I heard theres a law where you need someones consent to take a picture of them, let alone print one in a newspaper without even asking!

LOL. maybe you were be proud of for being known to the public but the saddest thing about it was the bad effect of your personality specially its' questioning about the effect of pre-school. many journalist search photos on the net to support their write-ups. our picture in the net is open to the public. to secure your photos you don't need to put tags so that they can't find immediately if they are using their search engine.

Wow!! thats really cool jaypeemanuel!!! You said that it was on the effects of pre-school!! but,somehow,your photo got published on the news paper and you are famous right now...!!! coooool!!! You really rockkkkk!!

I am a photo manipulator, and I know how it is to feel to have your photo or work post in someonelses pages. I know the important of copyright is not too big deal in our country. But inorder for you to know if you have rights to sue, you need to check first as to where you publish or posted that photo. Some photo sharing site, is strict in their TOS. They do not want to be charge for unlawful copyright infringement. But if your photo that was been used has been published or posted in a networking site, check out if you have sign up and agreed to the terms of their services. It will help you understand the consequences that you are facing right now. Most of this social networking site,does not protect you from this kind of people. It's like 'You post at your own risk'.

wow!! it is good news jaypeemanuel, im sure your so proud of it, but the thing is why they put your photo without your knowledge not because they will like or you like it but it will effect your pesonality & lot of people will be question & they will question you too. as you know magazine lot of rumors.

You would have to check out copyright laws. But if this violates any copyright laws, you could sue and collect money!

Actually it cannot. You have to give permission and you should call the paper right away and say that you did not give permission. If any, you should ask for financial compensation since they cannot take back all the papers. You also should look at the term of service of your particular web provider. They may say that they can allow anyone to publish your photo. In any case, if you tell anyone that they have to get your permission to publish your photo then you have an out.

hi jaypee! wow. you became an instant celebrity! even if they were questioning the effects of pre-school on the caption. ^__^;; well as they say, bad publicity is still publicity. anyway, i don't agree with what they do. i think its not right to just get a picture of whoever from the internet and post it on a newspaper. even if you posted it in the internet, and people can download and save it, that doesn't mean that they can post it somewhere public like a newspaper. its kinda violating your privacy and propriety (whatever propriety means LOL). not to mention that the caption is kinda negative. whatever the caption is, it would project on the person on the picture. really bad publicity. if i were you i would have contacted Bulletin and complain about it.

[u][i]Hello jaypeemanuel, Wow! That's happened in one in a million. It make you feel good I guess? Have you tried contacting the newspaper and tell them what you feel? They think since it is on the internet they can do what they want with your picture. I think we have still some legal right but it might not be very much unless you specifically said that they can't publish it without your permissions. At least they make you famous in some way but it may not be the way you want it. If you don't agree with the article and your picture was on it. I think it is ok to tell the paper what's your feeling and take on the article. Maybe you can share the day and page of the newspaper? I am interested to check it out. Have a nice day! [/i][/u]

that is illegal...you can actually sue them for doing that. they use your photo to say bad things about pre-school teaching? that is against the law..it is the same as saying you are teaching bad things...stand-up for your right and sue them..for sure the school you are working with will support you.ask there help..they are also being criticized there because you are working with them.

How did you like the fact that your picture could be picked up by anyone. I guess it's signs of the times. I hope you enjoy it and get a lot of good press from the notoriety.

I am wondering what you will do about this. I would be kind of upset if it happend to me!

If it was without your permission you can take action against the newspaper. Warn them and see how they respond. If they don't seem to care, then take action. Contact a rival newspaper and tell them what this newspaper did - that may have interesting consequences!

That's strange. I often wonder about that. Sometimes I'm driving and I see a billboard with a picture of a person on it. I wonder if maybe there is a picture of ME on a billboard in China or somewhere. (I'm not picking on China. I was just trying to name another country since I'm in the USA) Lol!

You should file a real case against them. They were stealing from you! I didn't know that Manila Bulletin could stoop that low. Good thing that I read Inquirer not the Bulletin. Cheaters.

are you angry?

well, this is Philippines and you know pretty well that laws in here are not enforced properly. On the other hand, i guess when you start uploading your photo in the net it would become a public property,like everyone could use it.

Like a few individuals have already said, having anything pertaining to you (pictures/personal information) need to be authorized before being posted on anything, including Newspapers. It is a violation of your privacy and you can probably press charges or something. These kinds of things are applied as laws. And in some states, this certain law is dealt with appropriately and swiftly.