From Flickr to TV, Some Online Pics Not So Private
During a lazy Sunday afternoon of watching football on Fox Sports with her husband, Tracey Gaughran-Perez suddenly became very interested in the game -- not for the plays, but for the commercials. She was especially interested in the one that included a picture of her dog Truman in a Santa suit.
In a similar fashion, Allison Chang, unbeknownst to her, became the star of a Virgin Mobile ad campaign in Australia.
What the two women have in common is that their now-famous pictures were posted on the online photo scrapbooking site Flickr for their friends and family to see.
Some major companies, however, reportedly cruise sites like Flickr in search of free images to use in their ad campaigns -- sometimes without contacting the owner of the picture.
"I felt more upset than anything, because I just wasn't asked," Gaughran-Perez told "Good Morning America." "If they had asked me and said, 'Can we use a hilarious photo of your dog in a Santa suit?' I would've been like, 'That's fine.'"
The Chang family is going a step further and suing Virgin Mobile for, among other things, invasion of privacy, libel and copyright infringement.
Respond: Do you use Flickr or similar sites?
In a similar fashion, Allison Chang, unbeknownst to her, became the star of a Virgin Mobile ad campaign in Australia.
What the two women have in common is that their now-famous pictures were posted on the online photo scrapbooking site Flickr for their friends and family to see.
Some major companies, however, reportedly cruise sites like Flickr in search of free images to use in their ad campaigns -- sometimes without contacting the owner of the picture.
"I felt more upset than anything, because I just wasn't asked," Gaughran-Perez told "Good Morning America." "If they had asked me and said, 'Can we use a hilarious photo of your dog in a Santa suit?' I would've been like, 'That's fine.'"
The Chang family is going a step further and suing Virgin Mobile for, among other things, invasion of privacy, libel and copyright infringement.
Respond: Do you use Flickr or similar sites?
