Copyright & Creative Commons: The Poll Results

by Jim M. Goldstein

6 Dec

Posted in Copyright, Creative Commons, Photography by Jim

It’s been interesting to see how people are operating in relation to Copyright versus Creative Commons. Brian Auer ran a counter point article to my Creative Commons: A Great Concept, I’ll Never Employ article and received 500+ Diggs to my 10 Diggs. Yet according to my poll (see below) the vast majority (68%) of respondents are leveraging a straight “All Rights Reserved” license. Brian also ran an equivalent poll and did a great job of evaluating his results. The combined results comprised of 145 votes yielded a 65% of respondents leveraging a straight “All Rights Reserved” license.

It just goes to show you when all is said and done the majority of photographers reading our blogs are rightly conservative when it comes to protecting their work.



	
		What license do you employ for your photography?
		
		
		
			
					
					Copyright, All Rights Reserved
			
			
					
					Creative Commons: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
			
			
					
					Creative Commons: Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike
			
			
					
					Creative Commons: Attribution Non-commercial
			
			
					
					Creative Commons: Attribution No Derivatives
			
			
					
					Creative Commons: Attribution Share Alike
			
			
					
					Creative Commons: Attribution
			
			
					
					None: Choosing A License Is Too Confusing
			
		
			
			
			
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3 Responses to “Copyright & Creative Commons: The Poll Results”

Brian Auer
on December 6 2007

I’m curious if there’s a way to find out how many Flickr images are licensed under each option — that would provide a pretty good comparison to our polls. It seems like more than 2/3 use all rights reserved on Flickr…
Jim
on December 6 2007

Brian you can find that out on this page:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

November 13th Flickr had their 2 Billionth image submitted.

The following site has figured out that 920,200 photos are uploaded daily to Flickr.
http://blog.forret.com/2006/10/a-picture-a-day-flickrs-storage-growth/

Based on these numbers as of today the following stats would apply:

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Edie
on December 11 2007

Call me an altruistic fool, but I believe in giving back to the the taxpayers what their money has given me: This park.

Tax dollars provided the infrastructure that enables me to live here, to get to other places, to be able to work; Tax dollars enabled me to learn to read my camera manual via public schools.

I limit my CC license to attribution/non-commercial; I’ve been approached by for-profit companies who’ve wanted my images for their publications; They get paid advertising, so they sure as heck should be able to pay me for the effort I expend to get the shots.

I really have no problem with folks printing out copies of my images to hang on their walls. I figure they get a decent picture that brings them some enjoyment. I do sell prints on ImageKind, but haven’t gotten any bites yet. Some friends of mine back east used one of my Horsetail Falls for an online project and gave me $20.

Finally, I have a 4 megapixel camera, WAY below what publishers want for magazine use. I can’t sell my images commercially. How am I supposed to get exposure?

Once I get a better camera, I’ll continue to offer my images at the lower end of the resolution scale on Flickr for free download and use.

There are more reasons why I use CC licensing, too many to list here. But I think you get the gist of my drift.

Cheers,
Edie

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Jim Goldstein is an independent photographer specializing in landscape, travel, environments, nature and event photography for advertising and editorial use.

A member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Jim produces the highest quality photography for both commercial clients and fine art photography collectors. Jim's photography has been featured in the Washington Post, Sierra Club, Future Snowboarding magazine, Surfmag.com, SFGate.com, and a variety of other publications

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