Thursday, April 30, 2009

Open Letter to the Photography Community about C-Registry

A small handful of individuals have been spreading misinformation about C-Registry since March. In many cases, this misinformation has been outrageously false. We have decided to distribute an open letter to the photo community to put these ridiculous allegations to rest. In this way, we can return to focusing on our core mission of helping photographers and other creators to be found and contacted from uncredited copies of their creative works online. (Read our Open Letter to the Photo Community in comments)

Sunday, April 12, 2009

What rights do photographers grant C-Registry?

A photographer recently emailed to ask for an explanation of rights being granted by letting C-Registry link to her images online. In essence, she asks: Why are the terms so “awful” for photographers? (The short answer is that the terms are actually very good because photographers are granting ACCESS, NOT USE of their images … see full reply in comments.)