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Originally Posted by MortonH
Well, I think we all agree that it's wrong, regardless of the strict legal definition.
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Only if it cannot be proved that permission was given or copyright relinquished.
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Makes you think twice about posting any images online. Even if you think it's "rubbish" someone could turn it into a saleable image.
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But that's not their problem. If you relinquish copyright by posting it to a site such as, say, Wikipedia (a site that will not accept copyrighted images) and someone makes a buck off it, you cannot complain. It's that simple.
It all comes down to ownership of the copyright. If in this case it's the complainant, then yes, somebody may owe her something if she didn't give them permission to reproduce the image.
But nobody stole anything. People need to get this into their heads. No theft has occurred, no "piracy". It's (as yet unproven) copyright infringement. That's the only cold, hard fact that matters.