Actually its quite the opposite. The author retains the most power over his work with a straight copyright license. But we may have different interpretations of what "power over ones work" is.
CC is great idea, but the actual implementation in photography is tougher comparing to open source in software. For example, I may shot a stranger on the street and publish the photo as CC. But if some advertising agency use that photo in an ads campain for example, and the person on the photo finds that out, both I and the agency may get into trouble for the lack of model release.So the problem is, that CC doesn't specify how the photo can or can't be used, which may create potential problems. I think the basic concept is good, but it needs to be thought through more thoroughly. ;-)
I agree that there's a gap in the specification for how a photo under CC can be used, but publishers must be held accountable for some things too. Publishers know that model releases are required for commercial use of people in pictures -- I don't think that a CC license should change that fact.
akajiNov 15, 2007
I think we should stab bad guys.
fishbrushNov 15, 2007
I love creative commons, but also think we should stab the bad guys.
jonforthewinNov 15, 2007
I love Creative Commons, thus I feel we should stab bad guys.
jimsfNov 15, 2007
Actually its quite the opposite. The author retains the most power over his work with a straight copyright license. But we may have different interpretations of what "power over ones work" is.
greymanNov 15, 2007
CC is great idea, but the actual implementation in photography is tougher comparing to open source in software. For example, I may shot a stranger on the street and publish the photo as CC. But if some advertising agency use that photo in an ads campain for example, and the person on the photo finds that out, both I and the agency may get into trouble for the lack of model release.So the problem is, that CC doesn't specify how the photo can or can't be used, which may create potential problems. I think the basic concept is good, but it needs to be thought through more thoroughly. ;-)
auer1816Nov 15, 2007
I agree that there's a gap in the specification for how a photo under CC can be used, but publishers must be held accountable for some things too. Publishers know that model releases are required for commercial use of people in pictures -- I don't think that a CC license should change that fact.
drfighterNov 16, 2007
I think CC rocks! I'm going to start putting a CC license in the footer of my papers for college and see what happens :)