Mark Roberts wrote: > David Savage wrote: > >> <http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=76588> > > Short version: Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company ran an ad > campaign using photos from Flickr that had been posted under Creative > Commons licensing. One of the people shown in one of the photos is > suing. > > "The images have been featured within the positive spirit of the > Creative Commons Agreement, a legal framework voluntarily chosen by the > photographers," the statement said. > > True enough, but if there's a person recognizable in the photo, you > still need a model release. > > Even shorter version: Virgin messed up badly! > >
Oh yeah, big time. No release. Sure, they used the photo legally according to its license, but they don't have a model release, and that is going to bite them in the *ss. Creative Commons is all fine and dandy, but don't use photos licensed that way unless you know the other gotchas and have followed them. -Adam Whose Flickr photos are all "All Rights Reserved" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
