Someone has asked permission to use this photo from this blog entry in a sunblock brochure of sorts. I can't get into much detail at the moment, but I have agreed to the use with certain conditions.
However, when they explained how they found the photo (via a Google Image search for "sunburn" -- watch out, some inappropriate images come up in the search), I went looking for it myself. Sure enough, Shelby's photo comes up on the first page of the search.
Well, I clicked through more pages in the results, and her photo popped up again on page 7. However, it wasn't reference from my site, but rather this one (see the two screenshots if the site has been changed).
Imagine my surprise to find a personal photo of my daughter being used on a commercial website in India that uses a copyright statement on the very page showing her photo (which could give the impression that MY photo is copyrighted by THEM)!
So I have emailed the operators of the site via the email address (feedback@punjabkesari.com) on their "contact us" page, and have also emailed the domain administrative contact (arvind_chopra@vsnl.com), but have yet to receive a response. I asked them to either remove the photo or request permission and cite credit for the photo. I don't really expect to get a response.
UPDATE, 12 OCTOBER
The webmaster at the above site did finally ask for permission to use my daughter's photo on their site. I have given permission, and they will cite this site in the future use of the photo.
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