Photo Copying

Backstage: "'Actors should be aware that there is a rampant but incorrect belief that content posted on the Internet is in the public domain and therefore free for the taking,' said Danielle Van Lier, senior counsel for intellectual property and contracts for the Screen Actors Guild. 'This makes it difficult for individuals to police their content, particularly photographs. There are different types of misappropriation that can occur, ranging from the relatively innocuous to the annoyingly commercial to the blatantly exploitive.'