The creative Commons licences is a great idea that helps a lot when it comes to sharing. However, such like any other licence, you need to think carefully about what you want and if such a licence works for you.
There are many version of the CC licence around and in many ways your work, when shared under such copyright rules, would be used in positive ways. However, if you are not careful, you might find your work used in ways you never would have agreed to.
For example, if you happen to have photos of a lovely Sydney park and you happen to appear in them, someone might decide to crop the photo, only take you then use it in a promotional poster of something you totally against, most CC licences would not prevent such things from happening since under the licence agreement you consent has already been granted.
The important thing here is always think ahead of what you agree to and what you authorise.
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There are a few nasty stories out there aren't there?
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Julanne
Hi, there is an argument about Creative Commons being bad for photography here - http://www.pdnpulse.com/2007/07/creative-common.html
ReplyDeleteI think keeping the pics small also helps - I keep the originals on my puter and only put up much smaller. Unless they're awfully clever they can't really blow up a pic large enough to make it useful for most commercial purposes. If they want a proper version they'd have to contact me and ask.
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