Dating online is not advisable! Too many scams and if you are unlucky like what happened to one of my friend in Lebanon her boyfriend online was arrogant and exposed all her naked pictures on fotochatter and Facebook. :shock: She didn't know the bugger has been taking her pictures while she was online! :wow: He cant get over the fact that she has dumped him! Poor woman she cannot get justice about it as when she reported it to the Embassy they did nothing and emailed NBI they said there's no such crime through cyber! So the only thing I advised her, is just to have some repair done when she go back home, so no one would recognised her!
Well she can have those images removed! By international convention, you own the Copyright to your own image - you own the Copyright to every photograph in which you appear and, unless you sign a document granting another person the right to use your image (eg: a Model Release form), then you can control how and where that image is used. If you find your image published somewhere that does not have the right to do so, you can send an email to that site's owner/administrator warning them that unless they take action to remove your image(s), a "Take Down" Notice will be sent to their hosting company. As hosting companies are jointly responsible for all content they will usually act very quickly by removing the offending site from public access until the site owner removes the offending material.
Why on earth did she pose naked in the first place ? I met my Filipina Fiancee through a (free) dating site. There are plenty of genuine people on them in-between the scammers and ladyboys. I have been out to the Philippines to meet her and we got along really well. So much better now with webcams and Skype.
Out of randiness! :freezing: She didn't know that the guy was taking a shot with ym! Then he went crazy not seeing her every day for 1 week not realising she could be ill or what! then she found out on fotochatter about her pussy stolen shot!
I was surprised! :shock: But she was to blamed! how can someone be so shameless when she hardly know the guy? But I am also surprised that someone can be that nasty towards other people! :beat:
What are good sites? LoL I have a cousin who is looking for somebody, she uses online dating sites but they always end up as scammers.. Is there any good sites that are reliable? That I can recommend?
Chilling affects being a good starting point. But back on topic I think its fine to meet people online what is being talked about "exposing" oneself is a bit further down the line than a hello! I know plenty of people who wouldn't expose themselves online even to their partners after years of marriage and it is ok to say "no" if they disappear offline after that they obviously weren't worth knowing.
Agreed and it is not just the outright scammers either. I met a few ladies in the Philippines through online dating and I'd say only one was genuine and looking for a serious long term relationship. The other 3 weren't scamming as such but it was clear they didn't have the best of lives or much of a future to look forward to. The good one was a bright young student - the other 3 were out of work and not particularly well educated. It was not hard to see why they were looking for a 'kano' online. Nothing wrong with that I suppose and successful relationships can come from them.... but where is the chemistry? Where is the romance? Whereas I met my wife where she was working in a clothes store and it all just a lot more natural. There was chemistry between us from the off. She wasn't specifically looking for a foreigner to get her out of the country. She wasn't desperate. She had a job (automatically means you're doing better than the 27% of the country who don't!). Seriously, it is far better to just out get there, socialise, and talk with people you like the look of. I'd say on the typical online dating sites, the vast majority are either scammers, very desperate and are married and/or have a partner or children that they're not telling you about.
Hi Markham, just a quick note to say I'm not sure where you got this information. It is manifestly incorrect. Certainly the aspect of copyright ownership of works within which you appear. I'm sorry to say this is not the case. Under international copyright law, copyright rests with the artist unless otherwise transferred by agreement. Transferral is very, very rare in my experience. Model releases only cover commercial publishing and that is a matter entirely unrelated to copyright law but it is related to privacy laws. If a photograph containing your image is published for no commercial gain, then you have no right of removal. Crucially, the burden of proof in that case is on you.
DO YOU EXPECT A PERFECT ENGLISH HERE OR WHAT? THIS IS A BRITISH/FILIPINO SITE NOT JUST FOR BRITISH SO IF YOU WANT TO BE CRITICAL ESTABLISH A SITE OF YOUR OWN!!!
That may be how the law is written - for which I thank you for your clarification. However my answer is based on the experience of three married friends who live on Cebu. They found that their photos had been published on three blog sites hosted in the US and "owned" by a particularly nasty individual. The photos bore libellous captions and the accompanying article was also very libellous. One of those friends had to go back to the US for a visit and whilst there sought legal advice. The lawyer said that a libel suit would be too costly - bearing in mind that the blogger lives in France - however he suggested that the hosting companies be served with take-down notices under Copyright Law. That he did and the blogs disappeared within days and the blogger's accounts closed.
Then I can only assume that the hosting company was either uninformed of Copyright Law or, more likely, the fact the images and article were brought to their attention made it obvious they were hosting libellous content and they simply didn't want the hassle of dealing with it. There are numerous cases of people assuming they own copyright of images in which they feature and attempting to have them removed, mostly unsuccessfully. Try to ask Google to remove an image in which you feature from their image search results and see what response you get
