[cc-community] Does BY-SA extend to a newspaper?

Elizabeth Stark estark at law.harvard.edu
Thu Apr 5 17:51:06 EDT 2007


Nope. Under the license, it only applies to the photo itself in the context
of a newspaper. So they used it correctly.

On 4/5/07, Kevin Driscoll <driscollkevin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My friend Ben recently had a BY-SA photo picked up from his Flickr and
> included in the Metro.  (See the email below.)  Must that entire issue
> of the Metro also be BY-SA to comply with the BY-SA agreement on Ben's
> photo?
>
> It is encouraging to see that they printed "CC BY SA" next to Ben's
> name in the credit.  You can see it along the top right edge of the
> larger photo in this scan:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensisto/447190988/
>
> Curious,
> Kevin Driscoll
>
> --
> http://kevindriscoll.info/
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Benjamin Sisto <ben.sisto at gmail.com>
> Date: Apr 5, 2007 10:02 AM
> Subject: Metro ran a photo I took - gave CC BY SA cred!
> To: Kevin Driscoll <driscollkevin at gmail.com>
>
>
> I've asked every paper who's used a photo of mine to give the proper
> CC BY SA credit - and I think the Metro is the first. Stoked to see it
> in a major publication! It's an article on Twisted Village / Major
> Stars - the photo is from a Charlie's Kitchen show
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensisto/447190988/
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamim Sisto
> 617-784-6115
> ben.sisto at gmail.com
> ben at milkywayjp.com
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