Whatsapp-candle: Corona provides a chain letter-Comeback after 5 years
A Whatsapp chain letter with the picture of a candle appeared after more than five years. Instead of solidarity for Corona-patient warnings threaten.
It’s been more than five years, as a Whatsapp chain letter made with the photo of a candle on the round. Whatsapp users should replace your profile picture with that photo, their solidarity in the framework of an Anti-cancer-show campaign. In a new modification, many users send again this candle and replace also your profile picture. Instead of cancer, this Time it is for Covid-19 – a lung disease caused by the novel Coronavirus.
Again, the Internet has a security blog Mimikama.at the Whatsapp chain letter. The authors believe that the Admonish of copyright infringement’m now in the foreground – users should adhere to the risk, the strangers pictures (see original message), however. Instead, the receiver of the Whatsapp chain letter to believe, the image of servant to the theft of data. This is of course nonsense.
You ignore the chain letter is best. Show solidarity with fellow human beings, simply by following the official recommendations, and not hurt. More serious about Corona, there is in the linked guide.
Original from 12.11.2014
Whatsapp-candle: chain letter can lead to warnings
Who gets in Whatsapp a Mail with a picture of a candle, which he set up for the purpose of the Anti-cancer campaign as your profile picture, you should be careful. Lawyers warn of potential warnings that may catch the user because of a possible copyright violation. The reason is that The said image is protected by copyright, a distribution violated the rights of the corresponding photographer. Responsible cyber draw was rumored to criminals who want to earn on those image legal warnings money.
The message reads quite friendly. Accordingly, like-minded people, especially children and young people, able to fulfil the request quickly: “Please replace your profile picture by this candle of hope for 24 hours in a sign of solidarity with cancer patients on people Let’s put. Just take a Minute & thank God that you’re Healthy! The candles send to all your friends that you think you have a heart. Tomorrow we see how many candles we could light up…”.
It is the question of whether a warning in this context is allowed. To every image is protected by copyright, and any unauthorized dissemination is unlawful. It would not, therefore, relate only to the current chain letter with the picture of that candle. According to the Cologne lawyer Christian Solmecke current warnings are likely to be due to the image problems for the originator of the chain mail, because you have a Situation of quasi-self-conjures up, and with the dissemination of the image itself copyrights have been violated.
“These warnings are, if they are later sent by the sender, under every point of view an abuse of rights. Who sent spread as the author of a picture in chain letters to More, granted this is a license for the use of the image for the described purpose. The original sender of the chain letter should have used the image itself is a violation of copyright has to be claimed by the actual copyright, however, the right to use the infringing use of his image.”
DisplayFurther, the question of whether a profile picture is a public disclosure within the meaning of copyright in a social network “all right” turns. “Finally, the profile picture in Whatsapp is only visible to those who know the appropriate mobile number. Here it comes to an assessment of the case to the size of this group of people. Also, when you Share an image on Facebook can be expected from a large circle of friends from a public access.”, with sharing Christian Solmecke.
At first you are so if you ignore the Mail and delete it.
