I manage just a handful of close kin, parents, deceased brother, grandparents and great grandparents. I do so to honor them. I attached an old photo from 1960's on my brother's memorial. I had edited the photo so none of my living siblings were in the photo. Next thing I knew it had been removed and I had been blocked from adding any pictures to my mom, dad or brother's memorial. I had no clue why they did this ... nor did they bother emailing me they had done so. I emailed them to inquire about this situation. After several days they finally replied. They said someone complained and were claiming they had copyright rights to the picture. Evidently Find a Grave folks do not know or understand copyrights. ANY photo that was taken before Jan. 1, 1978 can not, does not, have copyright capability. I told this and also told them I had a copy of the picture as do several of my siblings. None of us can claim copyrights or ownership. After much thought, I've concluded the sister with mental issues must be the person who told Find a Grave she owned the picture. I seem to live rent free in her head.:) Find a Grave needs to get a clue and learn no one can claim copyrights to pictures prior to 1/1/1978 and they should research any complaint they get to see if the person, like my sister, is nothing more than a busy body that has nothing better to do with their life than to cause problems. I did get them to unblock me from adding pictures, but they still do not want me to post the old picture which makes no sense as they have zero grounds to stand on.
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