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Haha, what a surprise!
on: April 06, 2009, 14:34:01 PM
I was idly putting off getting back to work, and opened up a practical fishkeeping magazine email, clicked on a random email...and up pops an article headed with one of MY photos!

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=2057

I was a bit surprised to not have been told, as generally I request on all my images that I am informed of use, but other than that theyre available under creative commons.

After a bit of sleuthing I found out it wasnt on my site, but flickr. So it was put on in my early days on that site (not used it in over a year I think!) and put as creative commons, but I didnt state to be informed or how to give credit.

Ive emailed an editor to ask if its possible to change the reference to my name (and if possible a link to my site) but if not, not to worry!

Still in shock a little. I know of a couple of other sites that have pinched photos off of flickr and my site in the past, which is cool!
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Reply #1 on: April 06, 2009, 16:47:46 PM
at a minimum you should state that you want recognition for your work & make as part of the conditions for using your photo.
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Reply #2 on: April 06, 2009, 17:27:31 PM
Thats what the creative commons licence is, or at least, cc 2.0 which that image was.

I did get recognition for it, but it was my flickr username, rather than my name.

I will need to go through all my flickr photos that are there as stock type images and change the description I think!
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Reply #3 on: April 06, 2009, 20:18:28 PM
Ok, Ive editted the photos on flickr. Just out of interest I googled zpyder and christ theres more than I thought that had been used. I wonder whether the effort of emailing me will put people off!
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Haha, what a surprise!
Reply #4 on: April 06, 2009, 20:21:41 PM
check the website again... its got your name and website on it now ;)
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Reply #5 on: April 06, 2009, 20:38:27 PM
Aye, they were pretty quick on it, which is nice. I guess they feared a law suit or something, even though I said it was no biggy.

Theres about a dozen sites that have used things off of my flickr account now. Couple are in deutch or something! Ive made a list (hey, its nice to see something Ive made be used by someone else without me asking/tell them to use it!)

Im glad my HL2 avatars are still in use too :)

http://www.zpyder.co.uk/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=36&Itemid=72
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Haha, what a surprise!
Reply #6 on: April 07, 2009, 10:26:40 AM
I love your HL2 Avatars ;)
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Re:Haha, what a surprise!
Reply #7 on: April 07, 2009, 11:44:40 AM
for some reason yours arent animated!
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Haha, what a surprise!
Reply #8 on: April 07, 2009, 14:17:19 PM
Yeah, theres only 1 forum where its animated and thats Eurogamer. Weird but still cool :)
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Re:Haha, what a surprise!
Reply #9 on: April 07, 2009, 14:34:18 PM
Something to do with you converting it to a PNG?
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Haha, what a surprise!
Reply #10 on: April 07, 2009, 15:48:27 PM
Didnt know I had but probably :p
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Reply #11 on: April 07, 2009, 16:03:45 PM
Since no one has said it ... congratulations on getting so many photos used! Very impressive.

Plus its great for CVs and the like.
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Reply #12 on: April 07, 2009, 16:21:20 PM
Yeah. Im a bit gutted tbh that I didnt think to check earlier. There was a job advertised a while back for media researchers for a project which is hoping to make an international database of wildlife media (photos and videos) - think of it as an online wildlife identification guide.

I applied but I didnt even get through to interview..even though I was employed as an environmental sciences researcher at the time, have a 1st in environmental sciences, excellent IT skills, and as can be seen, a keen interest in wildlife photography! >< If I had been able to say about this stuff it might have had a bit of weight for getting to interview!
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Reply #13 on: April 07, 2009, 22:32:23 PM
Cool photo  :ptu:

Ragworm are bad enough with their evil pincers-of-fingers. I cant imagine a 4 foot long bastard like that but Id be straight down the beach with a 4/0 hook.
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Reply #14 on: April 08, 2009, 01:03:25 AM
Theyre pretty common in tanks, people dont even know theyre there, and often when they do, not how big they are. I had one in my tank, only ever saw 2" of it, but am guessing it was near the 1 mark!

Check this out though...

http://www.oregonreef.com/sub_worm.htm

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