There was a minor storm online this weekend as a photographer complained to The Independent newspaper over unauthorised use of one of his images.
The paper had used an embedded Flickr slideshow of photos showing snow-covered Britain on its site. Unfortunately, someone at The Indy forgot to filter the search to only allow photos with Creative Commons settings that allow commercial use.
Of course, it’s probably not that they ‘forgot’ to set up their search properly, probably more that theydidn’t know what they were doing. Let’s face it – most people, even in creative industries, won’t have a clue what Creative Commons is all about. They probably thought “Flickr’s great for getting images for free, let’s use that!”.
Read the full article here:
http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/01/18/flickr-independent-dangers-digital-content/
The paper had used an embedded Flickr slideshow of photos showing snow-covered Britain on its site. Unfortunately, someone at The Indy forgot to filter the search to only allow photos with Creative Commons settings that allow commercial use.
Of course, it’s probably not that they ‘forgot’ to set up their search properly, probably more that theydidn’t know what they were doing. Let’s face it – most people, even in creative industries, won’t have a clue what Creative Commons is all about. They probably thought “Flickr’s great for getting images for free, let’s use that!”.
Read the full article here:
