 |
| CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
Today I'd like another point about photos on the WEB. Have you ever stopped to think just how many photos we've posted to our friends and family on a weekly if not daily basis? Depending on the site your using, you have to start thinking about protecting the rights to some of your photos. In order prevent others on the WEB, be it an individual or a business, from using your photo for commercial use or other reasons, you need to let others know to what you extent you allow them to use your photo.
As you can see from my photo to the right, I have attached some letters to the photo credit indicating what others on the WEB can do with it. In full it reads, "Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommerical - NonDerivs" - in short it means that if anyone on the Internet wants to use your photo, they would legally have to credit you (or your Internet site where you used it), not use it for commercial use (that is, they can't use it for trying to sell something) and they can't alter it in any way (that is, they can't add business logos or crop it or even photoshop it). It is the most restrictive use of "Creative Commons" licensing which is a non-profit organization trying to establish some legal rules regarding the use of photos on the Net. You can relax the restrictions somewhat by choosing other letters for the photo credit. For more information on "Creative Commons" go to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
By the way, the photo above is a picture of me teaching at Ferris Women's University circa 2013.
