Do you think unofficial school sites should be allowed to post pictures/videos?

• MANAZE

  

  There are alot of people who "own" websites for high schools and I was wondering if you think it is right for those people to post pictures/videos on their website of sporting events that have students playing the sport?
  
  IMO I don't know if I would want pictures floating around on a unofficial website that isn't owned by the school or a local news company. The reason why is because I think that it could lead to a different type of bullying or if a parent would own the site if he/she had a grudge with another parent it could affect the way the site is ran and make that other student look bad.
  
  What do you guys think?
• coyotes22

  

  Im not sure if it is what you mean, or not. But, i think MassillonProud.com does a good job of running their site. People can post pics of games and what not. Good discussions too. And they are NOT run by the School.
• war_admiral

  

  Well, I'm Co-Owner and Creative Director of rollredroll.com The school is behind us 110% and gives us free rein. We run things by them to get the Okay from time to time if we think it's something they would need informed about. We know the program doesn't want certain things on the site like videos of games in the last 2-4 yrs along with other things. No current player highlight videos. Treat it as a team, do not single out one player etc They often call us to take photos and videos at the school.
  
  I agree with your point though. If a site does not hold itself up to a high moral standard, it very well could effect the school or company. You here a lot of CyberBullying like on social network sites E.G. FaceBook, MySpace, Linkedin.
  We stayed away with having certain things on our site. Such as a forum. It's way to hard to monitor and very time consuming as GoChiefs and others will attest to.
  
  
  RRR
• war_admiral

  

  MassillonProud.com is a site that's run at a high level. Content is very useful. I loved listing to Massillon games over the winter that were archived on the site from this past season. Every Friday I would listen to another game. Just fun listing to Todd and J.D on the Tiger Sports Network. LIVE AND WORLD WIDE as they would say lol
  
  They made this winter bearable.
  
  TIG
• coyotes22

  

  war_admiral wrote: MassillonProud.com is a site that's run at a high level. Content is very useful. I loved listing to Massillon games over the winter that were archived on the site from this past season. Every Friday I would listen to another game. Just fun listing to Todd and J.D on the Tiger Sports Network. LIVE AND WORLD WIDE as they would say lol
  
  They made this winter bearable.
  
  TIG

  ERS
• GoChiefs

  

  As was already stated, if it's a site that is PROUD and isn't having the content on there for bashing purposes, then by all means. Many schools have 'unofficial' websites that are ran by fans. Simply b/c some schools doesn't have the funds, resources, or even want to mess with doing one for themselves.
• Al Bundy

  Are you referring to sites for specific teams like the ones mentioned above? Or are you talking about sites that put out highlight films on individuals that are often similar to the highlight films that an athlete would send to college?
• Con_Alma

  Yes I think they should be allowed and they are.
  
  The photos and the rights to those photos are the owner. So long as damage from a legal definition isn't inflicted those photos and videos can be posted however the owner sees fit.
  
  There may be some limitations regarding deriving revenue from them but again so long as the use is lawful they absolutely should be allowed to post them.
• MANAZE

  

  Well unless they have a written statement from the parent they are not allowed and the owner has no rights to those photos since these are students. If a parent wanted to sue a website because they had posted pics/videos of their son/daughter the parent could and the parent would win.
  
  I'm not picking out any one website. This is just something that was talked about in a education class and wanted to see what people on here thought of the subject.
• ManO'War

  

  The players are on the TV highlights, and newspaper photos daily, and they don't get the parents permission on a daily basis.
  
  I know Steubenville High School retains the rights to any photos, images, or likenesses of events pertaining to Steubenville High School.
  
  I would think that any student, and their parents, participating in a school event would know that they could be photographed or filmed.
• wags6817

  

  Pictures and Videos are allowed to be taken of students at paid events. Just like Man o War said the newspapers and TV stations do it all the time.
• MANAZE

  

  There is a big difference News 9 and the Herald star than a website. Are you really allowed to take pictures of the athelets? If a parent want to go to the school board with out a doubt they could fight to have no pictures/videos taken at the event. No one has the right to be posting student athlete pictures on a website that is not a legit news source or the school itself and even then a parent could complain, go to the school board and have the pictures removed.
• wags6817

  

  Not really sure what your problem is, but I think alot of these sites are great for the kids and the fans. It offers information that you would not otherwise get. I know that at Indian Creek (just like man o war at Big Red) the school has allowed me the access to shoot these photos and videos and never once has had a problem with it in 5 years.
• coyotes22

  

  The same with MP.com. I think there are two people that take photos of all levels of football games, and post pics in a photo album on the website. These are team photos not individual photos. I dont understand your beef either.
  
  Maybe you can explain for us? Did your son not get photographed while playing sports or something?
• MANAZE

  

  I have no "beef" at the moment. This was something that was brough up in one of my education classes. The more I think about it though I'm not sure how much I would want a website to have that kind of access if my kid was playing on that level. News 9 and the Herald Star are different than just some fan website.
  
  The school might not have a problem with it but the problem doesn't lie with in the school. There are different reasons why a person would not allow their son/daughter to be photographed let alone placed on a website that has no offical connection to the school.
• snyds113

  As long as a family member isn't in the witness protection program everything should be fine.
• GoChiefs

  

  MANAZE wrote: The more I think about it though I'm not sure how much I would want a website to have that kind of access if my kid was playing on that level.

  Then I'd suggest making sure your kids are home schooled. If they play any high school sports, they are going to be photographed. That's all there is to it. And there isn't anything you are really going to be able to do about that.
• MANAZE

  

  Well really there is. Same as this site had to have its name changed. Certain things are not allowed to be done, if a parent wanted to sue a website that did this they could and they would win. Just because you can take a picture at a game doesn't allow you to post it on a website with out permisson.
  
  Snyds that was one of the arguements about children in hiding. There are some parents who move far away because of another parent/relative and when a web site puts pictures up of said players than it can cause a problem.
• Al Bundy

  MANAZE wrote: Well really there is. Same as this site had to have its name changed. Certain things are not allowed to be done, if a parent wanted to sue a website that did this they could and they would win. Just because you can take a picture at a game doesn't allow you to post it on a website with out permisson.
  
  Snyds that was one of the arguements about children in hiding. There are some parents who move far away because of another parent/relative and when a web site puts pictures up of said players than it can cause a problem.

  Many school websites have rosters and schedules posted for all the sports. I would think that would more likely help anyone finding a kid than some website that shows highlight films.
• snyds113

  Yes Manaze that's what i figured.You should make it known though that you are neither for or against this.Was this a simple class assignment up for debate in your class?Also on the subject of websites being sued I think the websites would have the option of first removing the pic.I think that is what most would do.
• wags6817

  

  The Herald Star lists the complete roster for every football team in the valley. So much for hiding.
• snyds113

  It seems logical that if the kid is in that situation yhen the parent is going to have to have some smarts.Do sports rosters fall under the freedom of information act.You would figure it would fall under something with all the rules for high school sports.
• MANAZE

  

  THIS WAS A TOPIC IN A EDUCATION CLASS
  
  IMO I'm just not sure how I would feel right now. I'm not against or for it as of right now. I'm just tyring to find out what other people think.
  
  As the law stands right now if a parent wanted to fight it the parent would win.
  
  Snyds you bring up the Freedom of Information Act, I don't think that it would fall under anything concerning schools. Schools have a different set of rules than any where else in the world. Why do you think so much that happens is able to stay behind closed doors?
• MANAZE

  

  wags6817 wrote: The Herald Star lists the complete roster for every football team in the valley. So much for hiding.

  If a parent did not want their son on that list the Herald Star has no right to print it. If they were told not to print for whatever reason information about a certain child and they did they could and would be sued and criminal charges may be filed.
• snyds113

  Well not in all cases do schools have there own rules.The roster needs to be made available to the state assocaition for sports in whichevet state your in,For reasons of eligability.Which I'm sure can be got by anyone looking.Especiallt a desperate parent.