The Federal Copyright Law has provisions within it's content which apply to online copyrights.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ66.pdf
http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/copyproj.html
Online policy is that in the event a picture is clearly the personal photos of an individual, it is an implied copywright violation to use the other person's picture without their consent. This applies if an individual decides to file a grievance.



