Giving Art Away For Free = Creating a Starving Artist?
The following brought rise to my worrying about this today:
Currently, the “Your Coromandel” section in the bottom third of the page, features six of my photos.
I know that this is a link to The Coromandel group on Flickr. And they don’t shy away from that - if you click on the photo for a bigger version it is stated that it belongs to the Flickr group.
I can’t help but feel, however, that this is a violation of my copyright - although I am probably legally wrong. No one contacted me to ask me if the photos could be featured on their Tourism website (I would have said ‘yes’ by the way, because I find it flattering and kinda cool to show my husband’s Kiwi family.
They have, actually added a note at the bottom of the group description that says
“And then, voila http://www.thecoromandel.com”
I know that it is perfectly up to me to submit my photos to the group.
But I can’t help but feel that something is wrong with this scenario. I love the fact that my photos are getting this exposure. I get lots of clicks a day from them. But, say I was trying to actually make a living as a photographer: how are you supposed to get exposure when websites, even tourism websites can go right on ahead and use free photography that is on par with the paid stuff.