I don't know exactly what the legal situation is in Great Britain, but maybe my assessment will help you anyway. Strictly speaking, publishing on Facebook, Instagram or other platforms is always a commercial use of the images. Mr. Suckerberg earns money from the fact that you post pictures there. It doesn't matter whether you get the money for the photo like here on Hive or someone else. Strictly speaking, it makes no difference whether you publish your pictures here or somewhere else on the internet. However, this question is certainly important for possible subsequent licensing or compensation. It could happen that you have to pay more to the owners of the location than you earn with the pictures here. In addition, you might have to pay court and lawyer fees.
If I were you, I would research on the internet whether the owners have already sued photographers, and if so, what the outcome of the proceedings was.
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I've had a think about this today. When I registered on Hive, I didn't give anyone my address or much detail about myself. Given that this is a decentralised place, I'm not sure how a lawyer could pursue me. For the Hive I might earn, say 20 to 30, it might not be worth pursuing at all.
But you must not forget that I am German. The German puts braces on his trousers, then puts a belt on them and ties a rope around them.
Lightpainter in lederhosen? There's an image in my mind's eye! ;-)
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But if your name is "fastchrisuk" everywhere and your Facebook, Flickr ... accounts have the same pictures as here, it's not that easy. For me it would be difficult because I have my own homepage with an imprint.
Yes, I'll have to be more elusive! :-)
Ja. "fastchrisCCCP" or so. And the lawyer start searching for you in Ленинград. 😂
Thanks mate, it’s where I was going with this. It’s a grey area or dark hole to go down and I’d rather not haha!