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…
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…
Portland Japanese Garden’s Photography Policy
With a forecast in the mid-70s for yesterday, our family wanted to do something in the Portland area outside to enjoy the weather, and naturally I wanted to involve photography.…