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Articles tagged noncommercial use (3)

Getty Images blows the web’s mind by setting 35 million photos free (with conditions, of course)

With lots of people on the web are using its images without credit or payment, Getty is betting that allowing broader free use can help the bottom line more than it harms it. But watch out: Ads may be on the way. Joshua Benton

“Consumers of Creative Commons licenses do not understand them”: A little more context to Wired’s use of CC

A few months back, a photographer said Wired was misusing Creative Commons-licensed images on its (for-profit) site. Joshua Benton

Joshua BentonNovember 8, 2011

Wired releases images via Creative Commons, but reopens a debate on what “noncommercial” means

The complexities of sharing: Does “noncommercial” mean not-for-profit? The absence of ads? Or simply that you’re not selling the work someone else is giving away?