A Family Christmas Card

This was an interesting case, how someone in Prague could take a family from St. Louis' picture.  In the article it says the man found the picture from Flickr, a photo sharing website.  I can see how the man thought that he could use the picture.  On Flickr you just type in a keyword and find the picture that you want.  The man probably did just that.  However, on Flickr the pictures are grouped based on the ways you can use them.  I am not sure how this family's picture was publish but if it was in the wrong spot they the man would have been allowed to use it, even if it wasn't the intent of the family in the beginning.  However, if it was grouped up in the part of Flickr that makes it copyright infringement then he is in violation.  No permission was given to use the picture so I believe that he is in violation.  Though when confronted with his mistake he was very nice about it and agreed to take the picture down so I do not think that any more action should be taken against him.  In the classroom if this were to happen I think doing exactly what the man did would be necessary and teaching my student about the different sections of Flickr and only taking from the places we are allowed to would be necessary.  In classroom use if permission was asked and used for educational purposes then this would be an okay use of this picture.