Recently, an online publication company has been under fire from fans and netizens regarding their response to GOT7’s BamBam. Photos taken by View of the Arts, were posted online from BamBam’s concert at the O2 Islington Academy in London.
BamBam at O2 Islington Academy in London @BamBam1A
Do not copy and repost our images without our permission or crediting us and our photographer, Déjà Fu#bambam #area52tour #got7 #กันต์พิมุกต์ภูวกุล #concertphotography #แบมแบม pic.twitter.com/Z6KIm8C2uF
— View of the Arts (@ViewoftheArts) April 2, 2024
In the post, they emphasized, “Do not copy and repost our images without our permission or crediting us and our photographer, Déjà Fu.” Under this post, BamBam commented asking if he could post the photos. To this, the site replied, “Please credit the photographer and View of the Arts when posting. Thank you.”
BamBam’s comment under the online publication site | X
Fans that saw the response were shocked that they would reply when he was the person in the photos.
He is the person in pic. He didn’t use for commercial just for his profile pic. I think you are too much.
— 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕔𝕙-ᴬᴿᴱᴬ⁵² (@Mayleech) April 3, 2024
The person asking for permission is the person in the picture. Do I have to give credit? I’m confused. Is that too much?
— ด.ช.ตั๊กกี้และNongBam#Area52 (@AAmonrasin) April 3, 2024
Are you serious? He is THE ARTIST! Did you even ask for permission to take photo of him?
— RAIN 갓⁷₇ (@hrainys9034) April 3, 2024
Excuse me SirDid you ask the Artist permission for taking him photos?? My POV he’s already giving you a credit by asking you first. And thats giving your post more exposure to others to see you&your photograper proficiency. Do not pressure him to giving you a free advertise
— nJoYbeingBammie (@ImnJoYingmyself) April 3, 2024
The funniest thing I’ve ever seen. U are allowed to photograph the artist. But when the artist asked to use the image non-commercially, just to set up his profile, U told him to give credit. U are the one who has to give credit to the person u took the picture of. That’s crazy. https://t.co/3CE0Mnha1O
— ᰔᩚ⋆𐙚 ղαƭƭιղҽҽᴬᴿᴱᴬ⁵² ྀི ˚ᡣ𐭩 (@kayzynatty) April 3, 2024
This is the strangest thing I’ve seen on the internet and I’ve seen some things https://t.co/mEdnZalwka
— Kat (@Hyuktankhamun) April 3, 2024
While most criticized the company for asking for credit from the person in the photo, some felt that they were just abiding by copyright laws.
by copyright laws they arent doing anything wrong… its just that copyright laws are messed up and don’t even allow THE PERSON IN THE PICTURE their own rights to repost this happened a while back w ariana grande and she got sued or smth idr https://t.co/IWfxSGtJHt
— ☆ (@ltmcode) April 3, 2024
As the post started to blow up, BamBam deleted his comment and posted a message online responding to the incident.
guys i think is not a big deal
just let it go
is a good day i don’t want to ruin it
— BamBam (@BamBam1A) April 3, 2024
What are your thoughts about this?
