Author Topic: creativecommons.org (Read 4438 times)

TheDrift- · « **on:** August 14, 2016, 13:20 »

Just come across a website using one of my images and they attributed to these guys...

https://creativecommons.org

I take it they are not linked to any agency?

Thanks

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2016, 13:25 »

Creative Commons is just a set of licensing terms.

TheDrift- · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2016, 13:37 »

Thanks I have only ever had the image on sale, its not marked for creative commons..and never has been...I can only assume someone has contributed it or they have 'acquired' it?

ppdd · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2016, 14:43 »

They link to sites that host images, but they don't host any themselves. What site is hosting your images?

TheDrift- · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2016, 16:55 »

Quote from: ppdd on August 14, 2016, 14:43

They link to sites that host images, but they don't host any themselves. What site is hosting your images?

ah good call, I can't find the image on https://creativecommons.org/

It looks as tho the website have got it from somewhere and are saying they got from this creative commons website

I checked a few other images all marked (c)artist@cc and I couldn't find them on creativecommons.org either....

....but I can find all the pics for sale on stock sites...

disorderly · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2016, 20:17 »

You misunderstand. I'd bet the customer didn't claim to have purchased/licensed the image from Creative Commons. They more likely said that got it from somewhere that claimed it was subject to the Creative Commons license. For example, images on Wikipedia have to be made available under a CC license, and one of the least restrictive licenses at that.

What license to use is a decision a content creator or their agent can make. None of the stock agencies use CC license terms, since that would take a lot of control away regarding resale and usage terms. It's possible a customer thought they had licensed your work under CC terms. They're incorrect about that and need to be straightened out.

ChrisGardinerPhotography · « **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2016, 21:41 »

have you ever uploaded the image to flickr, or maybe some other sites?
I ask because there are certain checkboxes you can tick and then it will put an image into the creative commons domain. (i haven't used 500px in a long while, but they may have a similar way on allowing something you upload to be licensed under CC)

If you have made it available under a CC license, accidental or not, you can stop offering it under that license, but you cannot take it away from someone who downloaded and is using it under the terms of the license when they downloaded it.

if on the other hand, you sold it, and someone other than yourself has put it into the creative commons, then they would be at fault. I'd try a google image search for yours, and then under "search tools", and under "usage rights" search for ones "labelled for reuse" you may be able to find the spot where it first entered the creative commons and who has done that to your image if it is someone other than yourself..

of course, this is not legal advice, I am not a legal professional. Only speaking from past experience, as I've used more than a handful of CC works in my non-stock related endeavours.

Good luck getting it sorted out!

TheDrift- · « **Reply #7 on:** August 15, 2016, 02:41 »

Quote from: disorderly on August 14, 2016, 20:17

You misunderstand. I'd bet the customer didn't claim to have purchased/licensed the image from Creative Commons. They more likely said that got it from somewhere that claimed it was subject to the Creative Commons license. For example, images on Wikipedia have to be made available under a CC license, and one of the least restrictive licenses at that.

What license to use is a decision a content creator or their agent can make. None of the stock agencies use CC license terms, since that would take a lot of control away regarding resale and usage terms. It's possible a customer thought they had licensed your work under CC terms. They're incorrect about that and need to be straightened out.

The image has never been of flickr and never been selected as CC by me.

They link all their images to this creative commons website. I have looked at a few images and non of them are available on that creative commons website, but I can find all the images for sale at stock sites.

I suspect the website is just claiming they are all CC images when they are not, I have already emailed them, I will also email CC.org and try and confirm with them too.

Thanks for the help

TheDrift- · « **Reply #8 on:** August 15, 2016, 02:54 »

Quote from: TheDrift- on August 15, 2016, 02:41

Quote from: disorderly on August 14, 2016, 20:17
You misunderstand. I'd bet the customer didn't claim to have purchased/licensed the image from Creative Commons. They more likely said that got it from somewhere that claimed it was subject to the Creative Commons license. For example, images on Wikipedia have to be made available under a CC license, and one of the least restrictive licenses at that.

What license to use is a decision a content creator or their agent can make. None of the stock agencies use CC license terms, since that would take a lot of control away regarding resale and usage terms. It's possible a customer thought they had licensed your work under CC terms. They're incorrect about that and need to be straightened out.

The image has never been of flickr and never been selected as CC by me.

The Website with my images on links all their images to this creative commons website. I have looked at a few images and non of them are available on that creative commons website, but I can find all the images for sale at stock sites.

I suspect the website is just claiming they are all CC images when they are not, I have already emailed them, I will also email CC.org and try and confirm with them too.

Thanks for the help

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #9 on:** August 15, 2016, 05:32 »

Quote from: TheDrift- on August 15, 2016, 02:41

I suspect the website is just claiming they are all CC images when they are not, I have already emailed them, I will also email CC.org and try and confirm with them too.

Again, CC is not some sort of stock site. They just list a set of licensing terms that people can apply to their images.

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2016, 01:47 »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

You'll find more info in the link above, but you've been given a pretty good overview so far. Just to clarify a bit further... Creative Commons is a licensing standard that allows for the sharing and use of images. They range from CC0 images that have no restrictions at all (you can even sell them on if you like), to the higher numbers (I forget what it goes up to) that require attribution and may not be allowed for commercial use.

Only the copyright holder can attribute a CC license to their work, and if that wasn't you, then somebody has been naughty. That may not necessarily be this guy you've discovered... somebody else may have listed the images as CC0 and then somebody else has started using them as a result, thinking that they are doing no wrong.

So it's a standard, much like DVD is a standard that was agreed between a bunch of companies. And if somebody is illegally using your footage in a movie that has the DVD symbol on the box... your beef is with the film company/distributor, not with the DVD Consortium (or whatever they're called).

qwerty · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2016, 06:03 »

I found a use of one of my photos which had cc attribution. When I contacted them about it they said that they had purchased a license and the website creator had put cc by mistake on my image, they had others images on the website that were cc. So it pays to be professional when contacting people about use of images as they may be doing the right thing.

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