Comments on: Is Ripping Off Flickr Photogs OK? http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/is-ripping-off-flickr-photogs-ok/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Workingindust http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/is-ripping-off-flickr-photogs-ok/#comment-705 Workingindust Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:14:20 +0000 http://discarted.wordpress.com/?p=3189#comment-705 "odd ball aspect rations" Should be ‘aspect ratios’ Apologies lest the spelling and grammar police flame me -it's been a long week :| “odd ball aspect rations”

Should be ‘aspect ratios’

Apologies lest the spelling and grammar police flame me

-it’s been a long week :|

]]> By: Workingindust http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/is-ripping-off-flickr-photogs-ok/#comment-704 Workingindust Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:06:08 +0000 http://discarted.wordpress.com/?p=3189#comment-704 Bottom line is that any thing you put up on the internet is going to get 'miss-appropriated' one way or the other no matter what your settings are. Like Alex said, if I put up a med to hi-res shot up on Flickr and didn't want anybody to use it other than viewing it on a web page and then not having the brains to at least watermark it, then it's pretty much my fault. This isn't so much of a bad thing though if you think of 'free' as a way to get other business, through future contacts, exposure etc... Do I like it if some schmuck grabs one of my shots and mass prints it for sale at the local Sunday Swap Meet? No! But if I didn’t take the time to at least do the minimum work to protect it (e.g. watermarking, lo-res image, odd ball aspect rations, Flash based web site etc…) then I’m not really protecting it am I. Why should I expect Flickr to do the work for me? Just my two cents Bottom line is that any thing you put up on the internet is going to get ‘miss-appropriated’ one way or the other no matter what your settings are. Like Alex said, if I put up a med to hi-res shot up on Flickr and didn’t want anybody to use it other than viewing it on a web page and then not having the brains to at least watermark it, then it’s pretty much my fault.

This isn’t so much of a bad thing though if you think of ‘free’ as a way to get other business, through future contacts, exposure etc…

Do I like it if some schmuck grabs one of my shots and mass prints it for sale at the local Sunday Swap Meet? No! But if I didn’t take the time to at least do the minimum work to protect it (e.g. watermarking, lo-res image, odd ball aspect rations, Flash based web site etc…) then I’m not really protecting it am I.

Why should I expect Flickr to do the work for me?

Just my two cents

]]> By: Alex http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/is-ripping-off-flickr-photogs-ok/#comment-697 Alex Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:46:12 +0000 http://discarted.wordpress.com/?p=3189#comment-697 Yeah, the type of licensing you select makes the biggest difference here. I used to upload full-res version of my work on flickr, until I found out that one of my contacts made poster-sized prints of four of my images and then disappeared when I tried to contact them about it. Now I only upload medium-res versions, have downloading of even those blocked to all but certain contacts of mine, and have everything set to full copyright. If and when someone does use my stuff, I probably won't know about it, and even then it's usually not worth hiring a lawyer to persue it, but might as well take whatever precaution you can. Yeah, the type of licensing you select makes the biggest difference here. I used to upload full-res version of my work on flickr, until I found out that one of my contacts made poster-sized prints of four of my images and then disappeared when I tried to contact them about it. Now I only upload medium-res versions, have downloading of even those blocked to all but certain contacts of mine, and have everything set to full copyright. If and when someone does use my stuff, I probably won’t know about it, and even then it’s usually not worth hiring a lawyer to persue it, but might as well take whatever precaution you can.

]]> By: Tom http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/is-ripping-off-flickr-photogs-ok/#comment-695 Tom Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:31:41 +0000 http://discarted.wordpress.com/?p=3189#comment-695 It all depends on the licensing of the photo. All of my flickr photos are Creative Commons Non-commercial attribution share-alike licensed. What she's doing is perfectly within her rights on all of my images, as a matter of fact uses like this are WHY I licensed them like that in the first place. If she started selling them, then I would be angry. Other people with other licenses may have a legitimate complaint against her. Also, note that when I signed up, Creative Commons Non-commercial attribution share-alike was the default license. I don't know about now, but you may want to check your license on flicr to make sure that you're not giving your stuff away for free if you don't want to. It all depends on the licensing of the photo. All of my flickr photos are Creative Commons Non-commercial attribution share-alike licensed. What she’s doing is perfectly within her rights on all of my images, as a matter of fact uses like this are WHY I licensed them like that in the first place. If she started selling them, then I would be angry. Other people with other licenses may have a legitimate complaint against her.

Also, note that when I signed up, Creative Commons Non-commercial attribution share-alike was the default license. I don’t know about now, but you may want to check your license on flicr to make sure that you’re not giving your stuff away for free if you don’t want to.

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