[Open-education] open-education Digest, Vol 8, Issue 8

Mon Mar 10 19:53:56 UTC 2014

Greetings Andre:

To be clear - Creative Commons is not recommending the Getty license... for
precisely the reasons you've stated.

Here is the Creative Commons blog post on the differences between the Getty
License and CC licenses:

https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42278

Agree - one should be cautious when using images under the Getty license.

Cable

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:00 AM, <open-education-request at lists.okfn.org>wrote:

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> From: Andre Jaenisch <ryunoki at openmailbox.org>
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> Subject: Re: [Open-education] Getty Images allows free embed of 35
>         million photographs... with what restrictions?
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> Am 08.03.2014 02:03, schrieb Cable Green:
> > Good for Getty for providing free embeds of their images. But there are
> > advantages to CC licensed images.
> >
> > https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/42278
> >
> > Sample tweet:
> >
> >    - Getty Images allows free embed of 35 million photographs. Great!
> >    Though compare w/
>
> Ehm, heads up!
>
> Some lawyers have took a closer look to the license
> (http://www.gettyimages.com.au/Corporate/LicenseAgreements.aspx) and
> tell their readers to be careful when using those images. It's too vague.
>
> Some examples:
>
> 1. "relating to events that are newsworthy or of public interest" (see 1.1)
>
> - -> What about bloggers? Do they report information which are "newsworthy
> or of public interest"?
>
> 2. "Editorial Licensed Material may not be used for any commercial,
> promotional, endorsement, advertising or merchandising use." (see 2.3)
>
> - -> Keep in mind, that simply displaying advertisement on your page could
> be interpreted as using the site "commcercial" (at least here in Germany ?)
>
> 3. The order to distribute it through GI's viewer (technically through
> an <iframe>). Keep in mind, that you embed third-party-content here.
> Hence, advertisement or (if you happen to get malformed data) virusses
> can be exposed to your visitors.
>
> There are more concerning points with it. I'd strongly recommend to ask
> CreativeCommons' lawyers to have a look at the License before
> recommending it further. Will you care for it, Mr. Cable?
>
> Regards
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>
> Andr? Jaenisch
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