Hi, am confused with what can and can't do with a photo under cc.
Example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/valter/2187481842/
I would like to use the above photo on a website to illustrate the area.
The website sells transportion services online.
If I credit the author plus a link, is that enough? Or I should search on flickr with the "Find content to use commercially" option checked?
I don't understand what cc mean by commercially. Am not seeling the photo...
Thanks in advance
But you are however using it commercially (on a commercial website). For example, if an option of having the photo or not, having the photo would likely result in higher commercial success.
A link and a name is enough. But I urge you to contact the person. I have all my photos on flickr with a non-commercial license, yet two businesses have asked to use my photo and I have agreed.
If you get no as an answer, yes search for CC photos that allow commercial use. Still, however, contact the author to let them know what you are doing.
Regards,
Yagan
I was having the same problem that you do. I placed a disclaimer and credited the owner. I, however did not place a link but I contacted the owner and he gave me the okay. I suggest you do the same. It's very important to get permission from the actual person.
@cmancre1
I agree that it can be difficult to know what to do under these circumstances. But take the advice of others here and contact the owner if you can, because then at least you know where you stand.
It's also important to know what kind of license the picture is under because if it has a non-commercial license then you can't use it to gain profit.
It really depends whether the image has a commercial or non-commercial license and crediting the author plus a link in not enough. You should contact the owner and ask permission personally.
I have found this very confusing as well. I am currently using photos from CreativeCommons.org -flickr for non-commercial use. Several librarians are creating book trailers to motivate students to read. In turn, we are instructing students on how to create them as well. We are attributing the photographers in the credits and making a statement that "All images are part of the creative commons community" and we are the citing url. We cite each photographer in the order in which they appear. The book trailers are being posted on campus websites as well as teachertube so that librarians and teachers can have access to them. And as I stated, they are being created solely to motivate students to read. But are these citations enough? As librarians we are, so to speak, copyright police, and we want to make sure we are following the way it is meant to be followed and not leave it up to interpretation.
Those of you who contribute photographs for non-commercial use, are we also supposed to be citing your license? For example, next to the citation of your photograph do we need to write -attribution, non-commercial, share-alike?
Do we need a link back to your specific photograph, or is the link back to creativecommons.org enough?
HELP!
I have been watching this thread for a few days hoping for some answer Need to use some pictures myself. The owner of the photo never responded. Is it safe to use?
It can vary depending if the posted has the commercial liscense for the picture. There are services such as stock photos that you can have these rights, then you should be okay.
I hope this helps.
Christian.
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