Why Photographers Hate Creative Commons

An article on Black Star Rising, outlines why Creative Commons is generally a bad thing for anyone that wants to make a living (or any kind of income) from photography, and why the news and magazine industries love it more than clothing producers loved cheap 3rd world child labour in the 80’s & 90’s.

Here’s an excerpt:

Last week, Creative Commons turned five years old — five years of phenomenal growth, thanks in no small part to advocates like the photo-sharing site Flickr.

Now, I don’t want to piss on CC’s birthday cake just for the fun of it. But it does seem clear that an increasing number of photographers — not just professionals but high-end hobbyists also — have become disenchanted with the Creative Commons system.

It’s well worth a read if you’re interested at all, so go check it out…….

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