Rethinking Creative Commons
Last September, I changed the licensing of my Flickr stream to release all content under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. It seemed like the right thing to do to let…
Facebook: Rights vs. Business
Recently Facebook was in the news over a change to its terms of service. Specifically, Facebook removed a clause that explicitly stated that their license to display and use content…
All of My Flickr Photos Now Have Creative Commons Licensingflic
After some consideration, I've changed the licensing on my Flickr stream; all of my work there is now available under the Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial - No Derivative Works…
Heineken Steals Images, Insults Photographers
Last month I noted new photography restrictions at Burger King and noted I'd be voting with my dollars and not supporting their business. I'm now learning of another anti-photographer company…
Photographers Not Welcome at Burger King
My office for my day job is across the street from a Burger King. It's not the healthiest of options, but I'll eat there occasionally. Last week I noticed this…
Photographic Curiosity is not a Crime
Thomas Hawk has written some blog posts recently about the current anti-photography anti-terror campaign in the UK, but it's not just the cross-Atlantic neighbors to the east that have issues…
Revised Photoshop Express Terms: Better, But Still Disconcerting
Responding to the public outcry over the breadth of licensing conditions in Adobe's original license for Photoshop Express (previous blog post), Adobe has posted a new Terms of Use Agreement…
On Flickr, Sharing, Copyright, and Community
Despite the fact that I sell photos for profit as a business, I post a ton of my work to Flickr, where it's available to be viewed by a community…
Adobe’s Photoshop Express Means Giving Adobe Your Photos
Last night Adobe released a free, web-based photo editor called Photoshop Express (which despite it's name really isn't anything like Photoshop). I tried it out, it's not a bad online…