Arranging Matches

Conquering the Eiger

You MUST click this image to see the full-sized version.  See those little black ants on the top of the ice?  Those are people.

Eiger, Mönch & Jungfrau

I giggle with excitement every time I look at this photo.  Taken from the Schilthorn. 

Jardins et Palais du Luxembourg

 

Ticketmaster is violating my copyright (Updated)

Ticketmaster is using one of my photos on their site without permission, violating my copyright on that image.  I took this photo of a River Cats pitcher at a July 2005 Sacramento RiverCats game and uploaded it Flickr a few weeks later.  Ticketmaster never asked permission, but they're using my photo on their River Cats ticket page anyway.   Ticketmaster forbids deep linking, and they've sued people over it in the past, so you'll have to do a little work to see the live site for yourself:

1. Turn off your ad blocking software
2. Go to Ticketmaster's home page  and search for river cats. 
3. Click the Sacramento River Cats link.
4. On the ensuing page, click any of the Find Tickets links on the calendar, and you'll see my photo appear on the bottom right of the page. 

They have all sorts of fancy copyright language on their site, but Ticketmaster actually places an All Rights Reserved copyright notice at the bottom of the page containing my copyrighted image, as shown here.

My photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, which clearly states that commercial uses are only permitted with my permission.  I'd be happy to license the photo for Tickemaster's non-exclusive use and will tell them as much via e-mail.  If they don't want to license the photo, then they need to remove it.  In either case, snatching copyrighted images from Flickr is a poor way to do business.

Update: Ticketmaster didn't respond to my e-mail, but they did pull my photo off the site, which makes me happy.  I'd like to see Ticketmaster review all "their" photos to make sure they're not infringing anyone else's copyright, but I won't hold my breath.