Daily Mirror doesn’t get it
So there I was feeling all upset that my crappy photo made it to the front page of Ada Derana without my being credited.
But why stop there? Turns out the people at the Daily Mirror (http://www.dailymirror.lk) aren’t very original either.
Barely a coupla days after my photo turns up on Ada Derana, it turns up on Daily Mirror as well, which at the time I took the screenshot below, was right next to their own copyright notice.
It’s just amazing.
My photo is licensed under a Creative Commons license. It’s free as long as it’s used with acknowledgement of the author.
As of September 24, 2009 their article on the subject at http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=61811 still carries the photo, despite an email informing them of their unauthorised use in violation of the licensing terms.
What occurs to me however, is that these guys probably stole the photo off the Ada Derana site and therefore don’t even know the licensing terms in the first place.
O tempora o mores!
Thanks ma’am. It’s actually “D”, but most people get confused with the name...
Looks like things are getting sloppy.
Does the sloppiness indicate a further deterioration in the standard of the press?
Jack Point
25 Sep 09 at 8:54 am
GETTING sloppy??? Ha ha…
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25 Sep 09 at 9:41 am
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