Wunderground's Photo Site - fuggetaboutit

[Patti Edens]

I was checking out the weather on Weather Underground, my favorite weather site. While there, I checked out their photo gallery where people post their weather related photos. I thought I might post a couple of mine, but then I read the fine print.

The agreement is pretty one-sided.

"By submitting an Image to the Photo Gallery, the Image Author grants to WUI a perpetual non-exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable right to place that Image in the Photo Gallery and to use, reproduce, copy, publish, display, distribute, adapt, modify or otherwise exploit that Image and to incorporate that Image in other works and to sell, license or otherwise commercially utilize that Image. ..."

"... the Image Author waives any rights of attribution, integrity or otherwise with respect to WUI's copying, publishing, displaying or otherwise utilizing the Image; the Image Author agrees that WUI may use the Image Author's name in publicity or advertising of the Image without compensation to the Image Author; and the Image Author recognizes that WUI has no liability for any unauthorized use of the Image by third parties.


Word of warning...read the fine print before posting one of your photos.


The website/agreement: http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/...een&number=20&

[TXhummer2]

I read that about a year ago on the Weather Underground site, and ran quickly away!