Tammy Green » Entries tagged with "creative commons"
Misused photography: turning an indiscretion into an opportunity?
On New Year’s Day I had a rival food review site use one of my photos without attribution. My first reaction was to fire off an angry email about not reading the Creative Commons license that accompanies the photo, not to mention the bad manners of swiping images from a competing site. I wrote the email and sat there tapping the keyboard, ready to send it to the so-called editor of the site. And … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
Lawrence Lessig on PBS
PBS just ran an entry on Mixing it Up: How to Make New Content From Old Media. The question about how to reuse elements of our cultural heritage while balancing against the rights of individual artists is one of the core questions of RIP – A Remix Manifesto, a documentary I saw at this year’s SXSW. How people reuse and credit my photography is something that I personally struggle with, so … Read entire article »
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Return to Creative Commons
I’ve struggled for a long time with my photography, copyright, and the need to make money from my creative work. I have most of my catalog under Creative Commons, but I switched back to copyright after so many people ignored the attribution and non-commercial aspects of the license. It was too much work to track people down and educate them. Plus, every time I’d find my work on a site without credit, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Online Life
Crediting photos leads to good things
I’ve been really down on people who use my Creative Commons photos incorrectly. I find that a number of sites don’t credit me for the work and an even larger percentage don’t include the licensing with the image. It’s a pain in the ass to track sites down and play bad cop. I don’t like pestering people to read the CC license and follow the rules, but I dislike feeling cheated and … Read entire article »
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#10 of the Obama Employment Questionnaire
Filled with the civic spirit and excitement of the Obama campaign? Want to serve your country? Yeah, yeah. There’s a 7 page questionnaire with 63 topics that you need to fill out. I skimmed through it and paused in the publications, writing and speeches section. OMG. I probably shouldn’t bank on a career in government if this is the sort of stuff I’ll be expected to dig up. I’ve evolved and changed during … Read entire article »
Filed under: Online Life