Sunday, September 6, 2009

Cell phones

With so many cell phones on the market today able to take photos (and video), do you ever worry about being "captured" in a not-so-flattering moment? How would you deal with a friend who decided to share such a picture or video with others?
Living in the college atmosphere, it is always a concern that someone could take a not-so-flattering picture. Even if you are out at a party, on your best behavior, someone could snap one shot of you being overexcited with a group of friends, and show the picture of you in a different context. Everyone has bad moments but in the past it hasn't been a huge deal because they come and go. But now, many of these moments have the opportunity of being captured on film, and that is a problem. There are many ways to deal with something like this. In most instances, I would hope, if a friend posts something embarresing of you, all it would take for them to remove it would be simply asking. However this doesn't always work. My own sister had an instance where a guy she knew posted something on youtube.com, that originally wasn't very bad but after he spent hours with photoshop and moviemaker, he was able to turn it into something it wasn't. After her polite requests to remove it had been denied, she actually had to ask a lawyer friend to type a letter to the "friend" asking him to remove it before any other actions had to be taken. Luckily, for this guy, he just needed a little wake up call and he removed the video.

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for sharing your sister's story. I'm glad it worked out in her favor.

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