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Creative Commons Image Search

There’s another alternative to get CC-licensed images into your site, but is it worth the time?

Adding Copyright to Exif Automatically

Exif data is one of the best ways to ensure your images are marked as yours, here’s a way to do it automatically with nothing but your camera.

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Three Online Watermarking Tools

Watermarking applications are both cheap and easy to find, but sometimes you need to mark an image when none are available. Here are three services to consider.

Facebook, Flickr Strip Copyright Data from Images

Facebook and Flickr are two of the most popular image hosts among artists and photographers. However, they both strip critical copyright information from the images they host, leaving them vulnerable to becoming orphans.

Lizzer: A Copyright/Hotlinking Disaster

In the quest to help bloggers locate interesting content to include in their posts, a new company Lizzer has risen to create a service that manages to do more harm than good, causing users to unwittingly hotlink images and infringe copyright.

Stashy.com Closes Down

Controversial image host Stashy has announced that it is closing its doors permanently, putting an end to a short, but very rocky, existence.

Weekend Linkroll 07-12-08

It may be summer but there has been no slowdown in the rate of big copyright-related stories. With a big win for net neutrality, new royalty schemes and more, the landscape shifts yet again in just seven short days.

Why Flickr Licensing Fails

As discussed briefly yesterday, the Flickr licensing system is in complete disarray. Today, we take a look at the problem, what the options mean and, most importantly, what can be done to fix the issue.

Is Flickr Letting Down its Users?

Photo-sharing site Flickr has come under fire as developers have used its API to violate the rights of its users, seemingly unchecked by Flickr itself.