[Air-L] distributed imagery and copyright (was: a question of open source ethics)

[Mridula]

The issue with the independent ended up by the paper apologizing for the use
of the 'all rights reserved' photo.

Here is more on it the British Journal of Photography-

http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=872764

To me (as a less than amateur photographer) the issue is very clear. When I
post something under 'all rights reserved' that is how it should remain. If
someone asked me permission for the use of a photograph and they are not for
profit, I ask for a credit and let them use it. If it is a commercial site I
ask for token money and usually in India you never hear from them again.

In this part some of us use 'all rights reserved' to initiate a
conversation. I once found, and not so long back, a photo of mine in an
Indian national newspaper's Sunday supplement after cropping out (c) Mridula
D from the image. Hence, the hesitation to use creative commons, that it
would be taken as an excuse by everyone to use pictures.

Regards,
Mridula

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