In reply to Geoff Lealand's question;

Where are the NZ Herald on the site? Maybe they have disappeared. Regarding the uncredited Hamilton…

Slow to notice. I've heard it's hard to kill a weed. ;-)

As I was reading your comment, Sarah sent me a thank you email, so I said hi from you.

Hope all goes well. Speaking of emails...

Which could turn most of us into tele-tubbies, but not Jackson : )

the camera adds ten pounds

My appearance fee is now at least 10 times that.

Seriously though, was fun, but actually watching it was kind of weird. Who is that guy?

Could have been solved if he just let me put my pretty shots of him up on CAPTURE!! ;)

Damn, I was going to say that! ;-)

Great to see you on the box, J.

your heated towel is ready now, sir

Cheers Lilith. I'm getting more nervous about watching it than I was recording it.

Yee haa! I hope they got your best angles, Jack. ;-)

Media 7 is a great show.

Amazing.

Since you revived the thread, I’ll take the opportunity to spruik Media 7 tonight at 9.05pm on TVNZ 7.

We solve all of the copyright problems and save the world.

One thing that was abundantly clear from the other side of the lens is…

Reminds me of my first time camping at Lake Ohau, it was cloudy when we went to bed; when I got up to answer a call of nature in the night, I stumbled blearily out of the tent, and then stumbled again, because of how the sky was packed…

That's entirely ridiculous. It does seem to be a David and Goliath struggle though. Anyone says 'lawyer up', most amateur or semi-professionals would say 'have it, and take my house and car while you're at it'.

There is no simpler time than the present, time travel is so damned inconvenient.

There was a claimed unacknowledged…

Enable Tasman…
Fnahhh

Hmm, I tend to share Lessig's approach to most of this but I can see the problem that bottom-feeders would use it as an…

Disgusting, why can't people stick to an honest way of making money like foreign exchange or running a finance company?.

Um, no, they are covered by it – they're just in breach of it. Tiny legal quibble but it makes the difference. Theoretically*, Alex could sue them for breach of copyright, as they…

In a legal sense, it really isn't. They're distributing works without the permission of the authors, and in some cases making money from doing so.

That's just weird. Welcome to the Internet ;-)

Wasn't it more a case that he provided the means for other people to copy other people's creative work? Or did he actually do some of the copying himself?

Did he???

But he did copy other people's creative works and enrich himself from them.

and deciding who the enforcers should be.

and enforcement.

I believe that has been my stance since before the infamous copyright thread.
And Kim Dotcom is fine by me, certainly more likeable than most with his wealth which, by the way, wasn't "earned" by shitting on the workers.

Ah, I see what you mean now.

A CC license terminates automatically upon a violation of its conditions. For example, if a user of a work distributed under a Creative Commons license fails to…

Yeah,…

Ah, but a Creative Commons license doesn't preclude a photographer negotiating other licenses for organisations to use the same photograph under different conditions.

I have several photos on Flickr under an Attribution-Non Commercial license. I can (and sometimes do) still…

Would Peter Parker have to turn to a life of crime if he couldn't sell his Spiderman pics to The Daily Bugle?

Recently I did a collaged cover for an e-book for a friend, who diligently sought out the original pulp artists (or…

Duh. I thought I had and got a null result. Parallax error, clearly.

I happily take back the part about it being hard to attribute. But it still might make things easier…

Wow. It's not like social media are a brand…

To be…

I hadn't looked at the Wikipedia page.

But I found it in several places using the Google image search unattributed. [Redacted]

Not under the stated CC licence. That only requires attribution.

To…

If you click on the camera icon under image search, and enter one of your photos,…

Send them all an invoice. Seriously, if it's been on there long enough, and has ended up in print, you're entitled to be paid. The same is true for online of course, but they can then easily remove it, and claim it was…

It's not just photos, it's the ethics of delving into kids' profiles. I wrote about the NZ media's disgraceful speculation around the disappearance of Marie Davis in 2008.…

I actually asked them, admittedly via open twitter, but reasonably nicely, what the Herald policy was on using photos off social media.

Still waiting.

And THIS is the problem.

I make mention…

Great Petra. I was hoping you would weigh in. It got to the stage where I kind of…

(not that he's dead yet, but Eastman Kodak
has been mauled by a Kodiak bear market...)

Well that's everything in life innit. You have a great eye for the photography thing and I trust you will make a living from it . I know what you mean about portraiture being specific…

As long as you keep it quiet, damn kids, get off my lawn.

And how is your exhibition going? I was pondering last night in light of this thread, how on your combining the pleasure of your pics with the exhibition and the offering to view here,how, it could really help…

Godammit Alex, you even take great opportunist airplane window snaps.

My point was that even astrologers know this was an annual event, not some amazing once in a lifetime event as "The Media" would have us believe.
You'll have me spouting explanations of homœopathy next.
Oh, hang on...
Law of similars

Hahnemann observed…

Alex these are wonderful. And for once the scratchiness of the aeroplane window actually adds something — it scatters the moonlight most pleasingly!

Gag.

You read this I hope...not??

But wait. Has anyone noticed this new http://www.stuff.co.nz/science Stuff Science section.

Holy rationality…

(*Ferns actually do release more scent at full-moon-)

Amazing. Also, if I'd known you were going to be in Auckland, would have been nice to meet you. Or were you on the way here?

I was thinking about this last night and the thought that came to me was that all this military hardware…

I thought that were a Dragon passing in the night.

Nah, I missed nothing, my Sister lives in London and she took the shot. I heard abut the Missile Launchers the other week. In all the UK Govt. is spending over 1 billion…

Me neither, although there has been a strong commons culture at the National Library in recent years.

10%, as far as I know, is not enshrined in legislation or common law.

FM

Sounds uncomfortable! ;-)

Indeed. About hereish. The two green rectangles are the hockey stadium I spent a lot of time at during high school. Friends of mine were in the 1st XI. Not that any of that is in…

And to think that Montreal 1976 was paranoid in the wake of the Munich Massacre.

Wired

About 20 mins walk from our old place in E14. Glad we dont live over there now. Just don't mention "olympic", "2012", "London", "Games" etc in ANY context in print (or billboards, or shop…

That's an extraordinary picture.

And how. I heard a discussion about the way the Olympics is being used as some kind of anti-terrorist whipping boy. Seems they might be right.

I think you could leave out the 'internet' bit, cause this is real life, as Ladyhawke says. ;-)

Exactly. Popularity, recognition and relevance are modern currencies. Well, unless you're a hipster :)

That’s just as well; if you got caught lifting things at Bally’s, you’d get banned from the store, and how would you hold up your head in polite company then?! ;-)

Digital ushers in a big shift from scarcity to adundance, so the traditional value equations – and some business models – don't tend to survive.

A good first step is to always protect your work by putting your copyright and contact details in the…

As Sacha notes, you haven't deprived them of it in the first place. You've created a copy. They still have the original.

The lines in any…

Intellectual property is different from physical property. As Sacha says, intellectual…

Super! My first thought was photo-collage. But no!

+1

It is kind of creepy, but also kind of awesome. Werewolf material. ;-)

Also, cheers for comment. Seemed a different angle to capture it from.

Those people all have other conversations outside here, drawing on what's shared. Everyone contributes in their own way, just like the rest of life. Perhaps less 'creepy' if…

Digitally, you're leaving a perfectly usable coat or brolly behind. It's no longer a zero-sum game.

Oh Jos, that's really creepy!!

how the hell can you really own an image?I don't believe a person can…

here's my measly attempt, lacebark tree in the foreground.

Is this the actual legal wording? Because if it is, it sounds like if I create something quickly, or…

Broadly,…

Surely a recognisable copy is still a derivative work no matter how many iterations of copying it may have been through.

Isn't the threshold for re-using someone else's photo…

Copyright…

Trust you to bring us back to Earth. I didn't want the whole of the moon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO5yzjCghS8&feature=related

Only if you permanently deprived the copyright holder use of their own work.
Personally I get a bit pissed off with the whole concept of ownership, how the hell can you really own an image? are…

Jackson, you're a sweetie. I've thought a bit more about this, and about online sharing in general.

I launched into commenting here because a…

I'm not suggesting they should be allowed do it without permission or attribution. The process of re-tweeting, or re-blogging photographic images does seem to be an area where, while I agree it shouldn't be seen differently, it very much is. Why is that?…

bloody NZ placenames! So there's one in Auck and one in Welly??

I remember being heartily amused the first time I visited Mt Cook, Wellington. I mean, really .

I’m just going out so will shut up shortly, but it seems to me that plagiarism of words is not a grey area, and re-posting…

Great. Nice shots.

Thanks for your thoughts too. It is very much a grey area, and like Sacha, it seems we would benefit from some clarification and consistency around the rules of engagement.

But I also understand this is largely wishful thinking, and…

Oh right! That's Wellington all over, innit!

But wait...did you mean Mt Vic?

Also, you managed to reply to me while my comment was mistakenly saying “with permission” rather than “without”. Damn.

I was too quick off the mark! I did wonder quite where you were…

Nah, Wellington. Chilly and beautiful.

(Also, you managed to reply to me while my comment was mistakenly saying "with permission" rather than "without". Damn.)

from the Auckland mount we had to wait till the moon had burst out of the cloud layer on the horizon, still looked pretty bright as it headed up I thought.

You can see the Belt of Venus/earth shadow creeping up the sky. Looks like a beautiful evening in Auckland!! Was a bit chilly here.

I think there’s a big difference between a thumbnail (with link to original) and reposting a full-size image. This is the minefield that Pinterest has sauntered recklessly into.

the…

Picture here is Waiting for the Super Moon and looking the other way.

In the hours before we flew home from Wellington, Fiona and I went with some friends (and quite a few other people) to the top of Mt Albert to watch the moon rise from behind the ranges. It was spooky and thrilling.

__Credit:…

Ironically, the Herald is using one of my photos without permission today (credit: “Photo/Supplied”). But that’s fine – Ana’s a mate,…

It may not be super. But it’s a pretty good moon. :-P

[I have a disagreement with one of my sisters. One of our nieces had twins, which I feel makes us Great-Aunts. She, however, wishes to be a Super-Aunt.]

Hell, yes!!
If I had a dollar for everyone who’s said to me, __"but you posted it on the…