Yesterday Dave Winer announced the release of FlickerFan. FlickrFan (see FlickrFan.org for product details) enables Flickr users with a MacMini connected to their TV to display photography from their Flickr Contacts. This automatic feed is actually very cool and the type of use is a really nice way of displaying some great photography in a larger format. Robert Scoble ran a quick demo and fielded questions about Flic
Last week in my post Here Comes Another Fair Use Dispute I discussed the on going dispute between the Lane Hartwell and the Richter Scales over the unauthorized use of copyrighted imagery. The latest update is that the dispute has gone unresolved. The Richter Scales rather than dealing with their actions and seeking resolution with the artist have chosen to turn their back on the issue and have re-released a new vers
Over the past week a catchy video has been circulating the web titled “Here Comes Another Bubble” (Note: this link is dead as of 12/11/07). The video has music created by the Richter Scales sung to Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire”. The video itself is comprised solely of photos of a variety of technology icons who have started Web 2.0 companies that many think are way over p
More coverage has surfaced on Creative Commons licensing this time specifically in relation to Flickr on Wire.com. Check it out… Creative Commons Licenses Are Permanent — Except on Flickr – Wired An added perk… I was quoted in the article as a result of my blog article on the topic. What licensing do you use? Take part in my poll [tags]Creative Commons, Flickr, Wired, photo, pohtography, [/tags]
*This is an editorial piece. I am not a lawyer. Research this material before making decisions based upon it. * Creative Commons is a great concept; often misunderstood, employed incorrectly and as a result gives those employing it a false sense of security. A few days ago I posted a video titled How Creativity Is Being Strangled By The Law where Lawrence Lessig, founder of Creative Commons, spoke about the digital d
Food for thought from Larry Lessig on how current laws are hampering creativity and new media technologies. Larry Lessig is a great speaker whom I’ve seen present in person and have great respect for. His points are spot on in my opinion, but I often find myself thinking about what he says at least twice, once as your average Internet user and once as a photographer. The propagation of photography online on som
This past week had a lot of news worthy events that photographers and other creatives should be paying close attention to particularly in regard to Fair Use and Getty Image’s recent pricing announcement. Fair Use First the Computer and Communications Industry Association, a lobby group for technology companies, released a controversial report claiming that Fair Use adds more revenue to the economy than Copyrigh
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the JMG-Galleries blog. There are many stats to reference that blow my mind such as the 182,000+ times this blog has been loaded and the 310,000+ hits made to this blog in 1 years time. What blows my mind even more is the large number of great people I’ve developed friendships with through this blog. For all that have found their way to my web site and blog I’d like t