A beef with Wired.com photo credits
November 9th, 2011 by Drew
Wired.com just announced they are releasing all staff-produced photos under a Creative Commons – Non Commercial license.
Great! And, it’s about time.
Wired.com has been using Creative Commons photos from Flickr users for years, so it’s nice to see them seed what they harvest. But really, the news mostly reminds me of the contemptible job they do when it comes to crediting Creative Commons photos.
And just to rub it in, Jason Segel’s photo from the magazine credits the photographer, stylist and groomer, directly under the photo.
It’s like they’re saying, “Hey, you should be thankful we even put your Creative Commons crap on our site at all!”
Placing a credit in close proximity to the photo is NOT a lot to ask, especially since there are a number of people who aren’t even happy Wired.com is using their photos in the first place. But that’s a post for another day.
The Atlantic just used a photo of mine that’s licensed as Creative Commons – Non-Commercial, and does a better job of providing a credit. They included my name right next to the photo and again with a link at the bottom of the post (it’d be better if my name was linked in the caption).
Why would a Creative Commons photo be considered a second-class citizen? What say you Wired.com?
