Stu
21 May 08, 08:08 AM
Hi Guy's,
In recent weeks there have been some threads and concerns over Members combining their Disney Photopasses onto one CD.
Bozza contacted Disney and received a reply which some jumped on as being the definitive rules, but I read it as ambiguous as it didn't really give a positive answer.
It annoyed me that a couple of members even started having a go at one of our moderators because she quoted Disney's own "Terms and Conditions" which seemed to suggest that sharing photopasses wasn't breaking their copyrights.
I contacted Disney myself and received a reply that totally contradicted Bozza's reply.
Anyway after 4 separate emails, asking to speak to a higher authority or the legal department, and asking them to either give me a definitive reply or tell me if other Disney sites are breaking their copyright, I finally received a reply that makes it clear where Disney stand on this issue.
At the time we removed posts and threads from the DIBB referring to photopass sharing as we were not sure of the copyright issues ourselves.
However now that our Moderator has been vindicated in her response here and the fact that we now have a clear response from Disney I am happy to allow photopass sharing threads here on the DIBB or at least until Disney change their stand on this.
Greetings Stu,
Disney's PhotoPass Service does not recommend that guests share their PhotoPass IDs with anyone outside of their immediate travel party for several reasons. We believe that guests should claim their own images for security reasons and so that they may enjoy all of the image enhancement and product features available on the website. Furthermore, combining PhotoPass IDs into a single account may cause the website to respond extremely slowly due to the high number of images in the account
and we want each of our users to have a positive website experience.
That being said, Disney's PhotoPass Service does not, at this time, explicitly forbid guests from combining their PhotoPass IDs in a single account. However, this policy is currently being reviewed with our legal team and is subject to change at any time.
Sincerely,
Deborah
Disney Photo Imaging Guest Support Team
In recent weeks there have been some threads and concerns over Members combining their Disney Photopasses onto one CD.
Bozza contacted Disney and received a reply which some jumped on as being the definitive rules, but I read it as ambiguous as it didn't really give a positive answer.
It annoyed me that a couple of members even started having a go at one of our moderators because she quoted Disney's own "Terms and Conditions" which seemed to suggest that sharing photopasses wasn't breaking their copyrights.
I contacted Disney myself and received a reply that totally contradicted Bozza's reply.
Anyway after 4 separate emails, asking to speak to a higher authority or the legal department, and asking them to either give me a definitive reply or tell me if other Disney sites are breaking their copyright, I finally received a reply that makes it clear where Disney stand on this issue.
At the time we removed posts and threads from the DIBB referring to photopass sharing as we were not sure of the copyright issues ourselves.
However now that our Moderator has been vindicated in her response here and the fact that we now have a clear response from Disney I am happy to allow photopass sharing threads here on the DIBB or at least until Disney change their stand on this.
Greetings Stu,
Disney's PhotoPass Service does not recommend that guests share their PhotoPass IDs with anyone outside of their immediate travel party for several reasons. We believe that guests should claim their own images for security reasons and so that they may enjoy all of the image enhancement and product features available on the website. Furthermore, combining PhotoPass IDs into a single account may cause the website to respond extremely slowly due to the high number of images in the account
and we want each of our users to have a positive website experience.
That being said, Disney's PhotoPass Service does not, at this time, explicitly forbid guests from combining their PhotoPass IDs in a single account. However, this policy is currently being reviewed with our legal team and is subject to change at any time.
Sincerely,
Deborah
Disney Photo Imaging Guest Support Team