On Mar 30, 2006, at 5:12 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
I see that a lot of the hits to my site come from MySpace.com where teenaged and college aged girls have incorporated some of my pictures into their pages. Another common use is on "bulletin board" systems where someone used one of my pictures as their avatar. In these second and third cases should I expect some sort of remuneration or at least a link back to infomotions.com?
Eric, I have a comment on this (although I can't suggest any particular strategies on processing referer (sic) hits). I have a web site where I put up a lot of my photos <http://freelargephotos.com/>, and I draw a line between "personal use" for which I expect no payment for use of the photos (even the largest version I have which they can get by request), and "commercial use" for which the photo must be used a) to make money or b) in a product or to promote a product that is sold. Therefore, in my universe the uses you mention above I would classify as personal use, and within the bounds of appropriate usage. YMMV. Roy
