How to use great images with the right credit
This lens describes the six types of licenses Creative Commons supports, how to tell which type of license a Flickr photo carries, how to find great images to use, and how to properly credit the author.
Image used under Creative Commons from David_Reece.
All images you display
based on a keyword or inserted with a link must have a Creative Commons license.
Definitions
- Copy, distribute, and transmit: for the purposes of using an image for a Squidoo lens, this means downloading the image to your computer, uploading it to a photo module, or publishing it on your lens using the direct link to the image.
- Attribution: this means giving the Flickr user credit for owning the image, and doing so in such a way that doesn't suggest they endorse your lens, topic, or content.
- Non-commercial: this means that you're not selling the image or using it to sell something. For example, you won't use it as the background of an advertisement.
- No derivative: this means you may not tweak the image (alter it in Photoshop, for example), use it in a remix (such as a slide show of images), or build upon it in any way (such as placing text in front of it to create a new image on a brochure).
How do I tell what license a photo has?
This information is available on every Flickr photo page, near the bottom of the right side-bar. (Screenshots below.)
All Rights Reserved
The All Rights Reserved copyright is actually a LACK of a Creative Commons copyright, meaning the user is choosing not to allow others to copy, use, distribute, or remix their work.
So if you see this on a Flickr photo page, this means the user is not currently allowing others to copy, distribute, or display their images. You may not edit it in any way. However, you can link to the public photo page if it's a really cool image and want people to check it out on their own.
But if you want to use one of these, you'll need to get direct permission.
Attribution No Derivatives
This license allows you to copy, publish, and distribute the image, even commercially, as long as it is NOT altered in any way and you credit it entirely to the photographer.
Read the Commons Deed | View the Legal Code
Attribution Share Alike
This Creative Commons license allows you to copy, distribute, and display the image. You may also remix, tweak, and build upon it as long as you license your new creation under the same Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license.
Read the Commons Deed | View the Legal Code
Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
This is the most restrictive version of the Creative Commons licenses, but still allows you to copy, publish, and distribute the image. You cannot change it in any way, and must give the author credit.
Read the Commons Deed | View the Legal Code
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
This license allows you to copy, publish, and distribute the image for non-commercial purposes. You can also remix, tweak, and build upon the image and license the new version under the same Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share Alike license. You must credit the photographer to use this image.
Read the Commons Deed | View the Legal Code
Attribution Non-Commercial
This license allows you to copy, publish, and distribute the image for non-commercial purposes. You can also remix, tweak, and build upon the image, use it non-commercially, and license the new version under a different Creative Commons license if you so choose. The new license must be non-commercial. You must credit the photographer to use this image.
Read the Commons Deed | View the Legal Code
Attribution
This is the most accommodating of the Creative Commons licenses. Basically it states that you can copy, distribute, display, remix, tweak, and build upon this image, even commercially, as long as you credit the owner for the original content.
Read the Commons Deed | View the Legal Code
Creative Commons Licenses At a Glance
I have a CC but can't use my own images
Sometimes it takes a while for changes to filter through the system. We work on Flickr's API, so we can only show what Flickr gives us to work with. You can also check here for more tips on using images on your lenses.
For ALL Creative Commons licenses...
...you must give credit to the author in such a way that doesn't imply they endorse your lens, topic, or content.
How can you give credit?
However Flickr moderates some of that, so you can use a shorter version.
Unless a Flickr user has specifically stated how they want their images credited, you can use this version of a credit:
Photo used under Creative Commons from jimmiehomeschoolmom.
How can I find Creative Commons images?
Easy! Use the Flickr search at Creative Commons.
How can I use the Flickr Module?
There are three ways you can use the Flickr module.
The first is to "Let Flickr Pick." This shows images from Flickr's database that match your keywords and are covered with a Creative Commons license, so All Rights Reserved images won't show in this search. And while each one is not individually credited with words below it, each links directly to the photo page for that image, so credit is given that way.
Here is an example of some Creative Commons licensed images that show up for "panda." Aw, aren't they cute?
Gent
Gent
panda, koala, and ka...
Zoo Neunkirchen - De...
Panda Channel
Panda Princess Versi...
Panda Princess Versi...
Panda Princess Versi...
Panda Princess Versi...
Panda Princess Versi...
You can show specific images in the Flickr module
If you want to pick specific images to use in the Flickr module, you can do that too. Keep in mind that the images you choose must be licensed under Creative Commons OR must be your own. This option is great for putting together a custom collection of photos.
As of 11/10/08, all photos that you link to directly, even your own, must have a CC license. This is based on directives from Flickr. If you've changed your license and are unable to display images, you may need to wait a few days to a week for them to show. This is based on Flickr's API, and not something we can directly control. Thanks for your patience!
Below I've selected a few images of breakfast cereal. They're all Creative Commons licensed, or my own. Again, these link directly back to the photo page for each image, so you can see who they belong to and view the Creative Commons license.
Explore Oct 4, 2008 #360 #209 in interestingness (on 2008-10-04)
Another experiment in Food Photography! You can find me on
Taken with my Nikon D200 and Nikkor AF 105MM lens. Vignetting was done in Picni...
Share a photo set with the Flickr module
The third option is to pick a photo set that you've created on your Flickr account.
These are my Most Interesting photos:
What if they ask me not to use it?
According to the Creative Commons agreement, if you properly use an image under the license, and the owner changes his or her mind, you can keep using it the way you were and the owner can't stop you. However the owner can enforce all future use under the new license.
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- divacratus divacratus Dec 3, 2009 @ 4:07 pm
- Thanks for the info!
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- marthaq marthaq Nov 22, 2009 @ 5:35 am
- Thanks for making my life easier!
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- beckyf beckyf Nov 10, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
- Thank you very much for explaining the differences so clearly. I'm active on Flickr, but hadn't quite figured out which designations I should use for my work.
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- KarenTBTEN KarenTBTEN Nov 9, 2009 @ 8:43 am
- Very useful -- I do have some CC pictures on Blogger, but not on Squidoo, as it is not as easy to link back. This should be helpful.
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- praise praise Oct 31, 2009 @ 7:40 am
- Good lens and easily understood. Thanks. 5*
Cheers,
Debra
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