Pictures that have changed my world Reading: Isn’t that you? a) Read the text and put the paragraphs in the correct order. The underlined parts will help you. 2 When an American family from California, the Fords, posed for their Christmas photo, they had no idea it would be used for an advertising poster in Bratislava a few weeks later. Dana and John Ford used the photo for the Christmas card they sent to friends. As they were quite proud of the picture, which showed the couple with their two children, they also posted it on an online blog. Tanja, who was never interested in modelling, was shocked. It really was her picture! But how did it land on a piece of clothing? Well, the picture used to be Tanja’s profile picture on Facebook. Tanja asked a lawyer for help and found another T-shirt in an Austrian shop. Tanja’s lawyer said that the clothing companies weren’t allowed to use Tanja’s photo without her permission. A little later, a family friend travelled to Slovakia and was surprised when, all of a sudden, he discovered the Fords on a poster advertising a Slovak grocery store! “Isn’t that you?” the friend asked the Fords in an e-mail he sent them together with a photo of the poster. 5 Not only the Fords had this kind of surprise. It was a coincidence that Tanja B. from Styria found out that her photo was on T-shirts sold in Italy. Her sister-in-law texted Tanja, “Isn’t that you?”, when she was shopping for clothes and suddenly saw Tanja’s picture on a T-shirt. Have you ever dreamed of becoming a model? Would you like the whole world to see a picture of you? What if that just happens, but nobody has asked you first? “It really was us. In a way it was nice that the store owner found us that good-looking. But then again, I still think it is quite frightening,” Dana told the press. Marco Bianco, who runs the store in Bratislava, was also surprised when he found out that his poster showed a real family. He said he found the picture, which he thought had been made on a computer, online. Finally, he apologised to the family, but said they lived too far away for him to send them a bottle of wine. However, posting photos on social media can be a problem. When you create an account on Facebook, you’re in fact allowing the platform to use your photos! So be careful when you are posting your pictures – or next time it just might be you! b) What can you do to protect your pictures online? Collect ideas in pairs and make a poster. Present it. It is important to … You should never/always … Make sure that … ee2j53 2 Info Did you know that when you share a picture with your friends on social media, it could be used or sold without anyone asking you? You should be especially careful with embarrassing and very personal photos. i 64 8 Unit Picture-perfect sixty-four Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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