Comments on: From Flickr to Print

By: dawn

dawn — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:31:54 +0000

Ah. Thank you. I was wondering how that worked out. That’s a really great price, too.

By: Alan Levine aka CogDog

Alan Levine aka CogDog — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:57:30 +0000

Actually she has permission from all photo creators- doh, I had not even flipped to the last page, where she lists and gives credit “A huge thanks to all at Flickr for letting me use your photos” then their icon and flickr user name.

At the bottom is a statement that the book is priced at 10 pounds, covering the cost of printing (8.61) and the extra 1.39 goes to the Battery Hen Welfare Trust http://www.thehenshouse,co.uk which apparently rescues hens from factory farms.

By: Alan Levine aka CogDog

Alan Levine aka CogDog — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:21:48 +0000

Ouch! Thanks for doing my homework. From what I read about her book:

“By request, I’ve also made a print version of highlights from the first year – all proceeds to charity”

bottom of http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/sets/72057594139269787/

But am disappointed as for some reason I thought all were used by CC. I think it was when I found this set, I was searching in the flickr cc area and found one she used and the original where she gave credit.

Bummer, big bummer. Now I have to talk about this example differently.

The concept is what I like, but now the execution lacks.

Thanks for catching this.

By: dawn

dawn — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:59:52 +0000

I went and looked at her stream and at the photos she borrowed from. Every single one that I clicked on was copyrighted, not CC (I only did 4). In one case, she asked permission AFTER she had done her mashup.

So, the question begs to be answered: is she making money on this book and are the contributors (if they can be called that) ok with that?