Neerav Bhatt on TechnologySpectator.com has highlighted the issue of the Creative Commons noncommercial license being ignored by news websites building photo galleries from Flickr.
He writes: ‘The Canberra Times has joined a raft of other newspapers ignoring copyright restrictions on photographs as photo galleries become more common…..
…..Unfortunately this is not a rare occurrence as examples abound of major news organisations around the world being accused of using photos and/or videos taken by citizen journalists without permission or offering payment including: The Daily Mail , The Independent, Agence France Press, The Sydney Morning Herald , The Age and News Limited , BBC, US based TV networks ABC News and CBS News as well as CNET’…..All the contacted photographers had clearly marked their photos on Flickr as being made available under a Creative Commons noncommercial license …..
Full article here:TechnologySpectator.com
