@sod we initially took a photo without asking, yes. Then we asked the photographer and he said „well of course you can take it - I love what you guys are doing!“ Then we got sued. The photographer told his lawyer „but it’s fine, they can take my photo!“ The lawyer „you hired me to sue people that take your photos and I will do that“ Photographer „but……“

flowinho

@manton @jean Hey there! 👋🏻 I really love the idea of micro.blog and i WISH i could use it properly but german data-protection laws (which go beyond GDPR) require just so much data to be present inside my Data Policy that i am shying away from using it :-(

Are there any resources about legal usage if micro.blog in the EU? Inside the EU, a ton of people are currently being sued over usage of Google Fonts, which transmits the IP address of the visitor to the U.S. A colleage had to pay ~$800 in fines. That why i am so hesistant :-/

Any ideas?

Greetings from southern Germany!

2022-12-10 19:55

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@sod we initially took a photo without asking, yes. Then we asked the photographer and he said „well of course you can take it - I love what you guys are doing!“

Then we got sued.

The photographer told his lawyer „but it’s fine, they can take my photo!“

The lawyer „you hired me to sue people that take your photos and I will do that“

Photographer „but……“

2022-12-11 11:16

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