Wendy's Liberty

UK's Liberty

Thanks,

Steve

but with my trifocals.. the one with blurred edges bothers me .. i keep moving my head to bring it into focus ... and i wonder.. if the size is reduced.. if the blur would seem even worse ...

w/o that.. either is peachy ... ken

tj

Mountain Snow

Wendy's Liberty

UK's Liberty

Steve

I prefer the point of view of the first one, Wendy's best. However, the color of UK's is outstanding.

My favorite is Wendy's, for the point of view, as if your walking in her garden.

Beverly

Paul

Bernd

Papou's Liberty

Steve

bkay

However, I like to see the whole plant, as if it were a "sticker" and not a real close up. It would look more complete and natural and not like it's been cropped.

So IF I were voting, it would be between
Don R
Wendy
Papou.

Without other plants around it to reflect SIZE of leaf, they could all be big.

Every picture up there is great, with the UK looking like green fire, almost moving off the page, same with Steve's shot.

but i vote for the one that has the truest colors...

and on my monitor ... that would be steve or uk [w/o the fuzz] ... from the post 3 above ...

and i am really irritated i cant find my pix ... well i found some.. but i swear there were more ... whats that all about ...

anyone willing to resize them.. if any are good enough for the vote ... wish the hat wasnt in that one pic ...

ken

might be a favorite

Here's UK's Liberty without the edge blur.

Here's one of Ken's pics resized.

If you want to rate the pics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, as others have done, feel free to do that.

Steve

Thanks for your input.

Steve

That said, they are all wonderful examples.
Cynthia

ken

tj

Papou all the way.

Betty

Dan

or do we find someone with authority to get permission???

ken

According to GW's policy FAQ.
"By submitting, posting or otherwise providing User Provided Content to the GardenWeb Network on or after January 24, 2006, you grant the GardenWeb Network a continuous right to use this material."

According to Photobucket's terms of use any photo in a public folder is fair to use by any Photobucket user:
"You are also giving other Users the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and create derivative works from it via the Site or third party websites or applications (for example, via services allowing Users to order prints of Content or t-shirts and similar items containing Content, and via social media websites)."

Still it would be polite to ask. Does anyone know who to ask?

Steve

===>>> presuming his wins of course...

someone must own the public folder/ PB acct .. i never tried to send myself an email to my own PB acct.. but one would think there is such a mechanism ...

i am still holding out for victory ... lol

ken

All of the pictures are great. I swore not to buy another hosta this year. But, this array of enabling has convinced me that I cannot go on without Liberty. Even Patrick Henry would agree.

Papou would have loved all of this.

Steve

I'm comfortable going ahead with this. I'll explain to the GW people where the photo came from and they can make their own decision. I'll keep the forum informed as I deal with GW on this. Thanks everyone for voting. Thanks especially to those who put forward such great pictures of Liberty. I think any of them would have been great to have at the head of the Hosta forum.

Steve

"If you make your Content public, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to copy, distribute, publicly perform (e.g., stream it), publicly display (e.g., post it elsewhere), reproduce and create derivative works from it (meaning things based on it), anywhere, whether in print or any kind of electronic version that exists now or later developed, for any purpose, including a commercial purpose.
You are also giving other Users the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and create derivative works from it via the Site or third party websites or applications (for example, via services allowing Users to order prints of Content or t-shirts and similar items containing Content, and via social media websites)."

When a photo is posted to a public folder the owner of that photo is giving Photobucket and its users permission to repost and use that content. It seems very clear to me. You can disagree, but I believe you are mistaken. In any case, Garden Web can make up its own mind. I will tell them how the photo was acquired.

Steve

I really hate to get in the middle of the copyright dispute, but I don't think the photobucket terms for a public folder would hold up under copyright law, but I'm also not an attorney so I don't know for certain. When in doubt, always get permission. I've also had numerous pictures of mine re-used online, once even in a hosta auction, and it is always a bit of a shock when I see that done. I don't really care that much, though credit would always be nice, but the one time I got really upset was when someone put their own name with the copyright symbol across one of MY pictures.

If we can't get ahold of Papou's family, then at the very least there should be a copyright credit given to Papou below the picture if they still decide use it.

Les

-Babka

I took this one at Hornbaker Gardens last year. I thought about cleaning the mess off of the leaves but felt weird about doing that in a garden that wasn't mine.

bkay

Steve

Discussion Thread
Response Via Email (Photobucket Customer Support) 02/08/2012 02:01 PM
Hello.

In a nutshell, it is ok for you to link public content to your site.

Thanks for checking!
Photobucket Support

Customer By Web Form 01/31/2012 12:37 PM
According to the Terms of Use, content that is posted in Public folders can be used by other users. Here's the quote: "You are also giving other Users the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and create derivative works from it via the Site or third party websites or applications"

Members of the Garden Web Hosta forum (who are also Photobucket users) are attempting to use a photo that was posted in a Public Photobucket Folder by a former member of our forum. The former member is unfortunately, deceased. We are attempting to honor this member by using a photo of his on the opening page of the Hosta forum. I believe that this is allowed according to the Terms of Use published on 9/22/11. Please let me know whether or not I am correct in this interpretation.

Thanks,

Steve

I have also sent a postal mail message (return receipt requested) to Papou's family but have not heard anything. It is possible that they are in Florida as someone suggested. That may be why the phone is not in service also. In any case I am going forward to GW with the information that I have. If they turn down my request, I'll wait until the summer and try contacting his family again.

Thanks all, for your help and patience with this.

Steve