Comments on: Stealing Photos http://www.nickyjurd.com/stealing-photos/ Effective Small Business Websites Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Erick http://www.nickyjurd.com/stealing-photos/#comment-85 Erick Thu, 01 May 2008 03:02:02 +0000 http://www.nickyjurd.com/?p=86#comment-85 Also, I noticed that the knife in the photo happens to be mine! Rofl Also, I noticed that the knife in the photo happens to be mine! Rofl

]]> By: Erick http://www.nickyjurd.com/stealing-photos/#comment-84 Erick Thu, 01 May 2008 03:01:11 +0000 http://www.nickyjurd.com/?p=86#comment-84 I am glad someone has written about this. As a website owner I can testify that content and photos have been stolen from me more times than I care to recount. Another way people steal photos can perhaps be even more destructive to web owners, as they also get charged money at the same time. I am talking about stealing bandwidth, when someone steals a photo by adding the link to the photo that is on someone else's website. Not only are they stealing the image, but every time someone loads the image on site b the copyright owner (site a) is getting charged. I am glad someone has written about this. As a website owner I can testify that content and photos have been stolen from me more times than I care to recount.

Another way people steal photos can perhaps be even more destructive to web owners, as they also get charged money at the same time. I am talking about stealing bandwidth, when someone steals a photo by adding the link to the photo that is on someone else’s website. Not only are they stealing the image, but every time someone loads the image on site b the copyright owner (site a) is getting charged.

]]> By: Abhi Beckert http://www.nickyjurd.com/stealing-photos/#comment-83 Abhi Beckert Thu, 01 May 2008 01:42:25 +0000 http://www.nickyjurd.com/?p=86#comment-83 Remember that some photo services, such as Flickr, force their user to select a license. The default license on Flickr is a creative commons license that allows anyone to use your photo for just about anything, so long as they mention who took the photo. There was a big story a while ago where Virgin used someone's personal photo in their marketing material, the person who took the photo did not like the ads and sued Virgin and I think maybe Flickr too, but the case was basically thrown out of court. So those licenses do hold, you can use many flickr photos on your website as long as you attribute the photographer. Remember that some photo services, such as Flickr, force their user to select a license. The default license on Flickr is a creative commons license that allows anyone to use your photo for just about anything, so long as they mention who took the photo.

There was a big story a while ago where Virgin used someone’s personal photo in their marketing material, the person who took the photo did not like the ads and sued Virgin and I think maybe Flickr too, but the case was basically thrown out of court. So those licenses do hold, you can use many flickr photos on your website as long as you attribute the photographer.

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