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ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: Mulligan on December 20, 2011, 09:43:27 AM

Title: Photographers and Creative Commons Copyright
Post by: Mulligan on December 20, 2011, 09:43:27 AM
I just read an interesting article with comments from professional photographers who are finding Creative Common licenses useful and lucrative. It's no wonder that companies like Getty Images that extort money from both photographers (taking 80% of the profits) as well as website owners are scared to death of CC licensing.

With a type of copyright that made sense and was a win-win for owner and user, the "license compliance specialists" would actually have to find honest work and do something to earn their paychecks.

The article is at...

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-12/16/creative-commons-gallery (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-12/16/creative-commons-gallery)