A friend noticed one of my photos on a Mashable story and congratulated me on Facebook. The trouble is, Mashable ignored the license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.
The key here is “noncommercial.” I work for a nonprofit and I like helping nonprofits. I’m happy to allow an underfunded organization to use my photos in their blogs or newsletters. But if someone uses my photos in the pursuit of profit (i.e. Mashable), than I require a piece of the action.
UPDATE
The photo has been removed. I received this response from the author via Twitter:
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jolieodell @nathangibbs Honest mistake – I generally look for CC pics licensed for commercial use! Changing the image now.
2 replies on “Mashable Uses Flickr Photo Despite Noncommercial Creative Commons License”
Seems Mashable has already changed their photo LOL
So is Mashable liable for the impressions while the image was viewable on their post? Where oh where is @cnsl2creativity when she’s needed? Probably defending (or preventing the need to defend) someone’s IP rights. Thanks for the point out JB!