Somebody likes my dancing photos
A friend just emailed me to point out that the Fernlea Hotel, which was the location for a dancing weekend last October, has some familiar photos on their website's dancing page. I'm happy they think the shots are good enough to promote their hotel, but it would have been nice to have been asked. The creative commons license doesn't allow for commercial use without my permission, which I would have happily given. I'm sure it was through not thinking rather than anything malicious, and I've sent them an email asking for the photos to be linked to their respective Flickr pages. If they're not willing to do that then I think it's fair to request some kind of recompense.
Update: The hotel got back to me, apologised and said that they'll upgrade me to a deluxe room when our dance group next visits them in October! Swish! I don't know how this matches up to paying a proper photographer, but as it seems to be an oversight on their part I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Poor Judgement
What happens if you sue some gossip magazine who took all your Non-Commercial-Use Creative-Commons licensed photos from your Flickr account, then published them to make a profit? Apparently, the magazine gets told that they are very naughty, and will be given an incredibly minor fine if they do it again. So Creative Commons stands up in court, but this judgement means it's effectively useless in practice. Great. Also, said magazine is apparently allowed to publish details of your child's school, and the transport methods s/he uses to get there and back, without any punishment at all.
Hello!
Hey, thanks for coming! I'm Andrew, and this is where my headthinks come to breed. They often meander around humanism and photography, but they're flighty and you can't trust them, so anything is possible.
Do feel free to email me - I get lonely:
Your hair looks swish, by the way - have you done something new?
Recent Comments
- vicky: going up this weekend having done all the welsh peaks except 4 snowdon, cant wait
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: what, how can u live in the 21 c and say that, probably a sexist thing
on Climbing Snowdon. - vicky: da iawn laura, cant believe what im hearing, all this fuss, anyway love the site, and i agree, normal people who swear and curse clomb mountains cos we live in the...
on Climbing Snowdon. - Andrew: Did a few quick test shots to check the light levels, then balanced the camera on the arm of a bench, set it for a 20s exposure and hoped for the best
on ISS. - lynsey: Wow, how did you take that photograph?
on ISS.
