Defining Moments: Creative Commons licensing
The latest issue of Podcast User Magazine includes a photo of me, taken by Steve Garfield, as the header for my Defining Moments column.
While I submitted the photo as a candidate for the header, I didn’t expect it to run without a credit. More importantly, use of the photo without clearing it with Steve is a problem in this particular case since PUM makes revenue from advertising and the photo is licensed under Creative Commons attribution-non-commercial-share-alike.
Steve’s a cool guy, though, and has assured me that with appropriate credit, he is okay with the use of the photo in this particular case.
Earlier today, I submitted a request to have the PDF updated and posted an acknowledgment through the comment feature on the PUM website. The comment is in moderation.
Thanks, Steve, for taking a cool photo and for sharing it with us!
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:06 am
Thanks Mark.
The whole beauty of Creative Commons is the ability for people to use images without asking when the Creative Commons license allows it.
There are different flavors of Creative Commons licenses.
In this case my license, BY-NC-SA, does not allow commercial use without asking.
People and publications that have high visibility in the community need to make sure they get this right so that people learn by example.
I hope to see a positive response from Podcast User Magazine.
Thanks,
–Steve