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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Posting critics' photos 'could get blogger sued'
Published on Jun 9, 2012
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Ms Wendy Cheng, also known as Xiaxue, took the
photos and personal data of her critics from Facebook and posted them on her
blog, with comments. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
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She named and shamed them, and for posting her critics' Facebook photos on
her blog, Xiaxue could end up getting sued.
Lawyers said that the 28-year-old blogger, whose real name is Wendy Cheng,
could be liable to be sued for copyright infringement.
They said that while the photos she used were publicly accessible, she had
published them without the copyright owners' consent.
Said arts and entertainment lawyer Samuel Seow: 'The photographers of the men
in the photos own the copyrights. So only these photographers have the right to
reproduce the pictures, based on the Copyright Act.'
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[TD="class: msgtxt"]Posting critics' photos 'could get blogger sued'
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Ms Wendy Cheng, also known as Xiaxue, took the
photos and personal data of her critics from Facebook and posted them on her
blog, with comments. -- ST PHOTO: ASHLEIGH SIM
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By Bryna Sim
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She named and shamed them, and for posting her critics' Facebook photos on
her blog, Xiaxue could end up getting sued.
Lawyers said that the 28-year-old blogger, whose real name is Wendy Cheng,
could be liable to be sued for copyright infringement.
They said that while the photos she used were publicly accessible, she had
published them without the copyright owners' consent.
Said arts and entertainment lawyer Samuel Seow: 'The photographers of the men
in the photos own the copyrights. So only these photographers have the right to
reproduce the pictures, based on the Copyright Act.'
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