On 16 February, the AWAD newsletter was sent for the word "Star Chamber", and included a picture of the Palace of Westminster at night. The photograph has been wrongly attributed to Trodel. The photograph was actually taken by David Iliff, who licenses his photography quite freely and uploads to Wikipedia, for the purpose of illustrating articles. The terms of the license explicitly state that credit to the photographer must be given.

I contacted AWAD 12 hours ago regarding this and asked for a correction to be made. Whether or not it will happen remains to be seen, though 12+ hours to comply with a licence seems like a long time to me. It is disappointing that, even though Trodel openly and obviously stated who the author of the photo is and gave the original source, AWAD got it wrong.

I enjoy AWAD but am disappointed by this oversight.

Regards,
Maedin

welcome, Maedin.

it's too bad the photo was mistakenly attributed, though I could see how it might happen, especially if it was used from Trodel's Flickr site. someone unfamiliar with Flickr might not expect to find a picture from a different photographer on a Flickr page. It looks to me that Mr./Ms. Trodel, whomever she/he may be, doesn't take pictures, but rather collects albums of pictures he/she likes.

But what most intrigues me is that you think 12 hours "seems like a long time" to make a change. in our seemingly "instant" age of the 21st Century, we have come to expect things to happen when we ask for them, and "now" isn't fast enough. perhaps Mr. Garg is taking a trip somewhere, or is ill, or any number of things could be imagined that would prevent him from being able to attend to the change.

the world needs to take a deep breath.

Thank you for the welcome, Buffalo.

Certainly a fair point, though I had (wrongly?) assumed that AWAD was more than a one-man affair, and that others would be looking after emails.

I apologise if I was too hasty in making my comments.

*deep breath* :-)

I think that AWAD is pretty much just Anu Garg, though perhaps he has some help with technical details around the website, etc. and I would guess with a half-million followers, he gets a lot of email every day!

I, too, find myself expecting things much more quickly that I used to, and recently read an article (online, of course!) about relief efforts in Haiti, and people were upset with how slowly things seemed to be moving. we know how quickly things happen online, and haven't yet grasped that virtual reality is able to move at a much higher rate than real-life. we can donate instantly, but why can't that boat of supplies be there yesterday, too?

what an interesting time we have chosen to live in!

I hope you stick around, there's lots of good words to be found here. and I'll join you in that deep breath.

:¬ )

Nice Pic Buff. Special occasion?

I can understand Maedin's reaction. When your work is 'taken over' by someone, it is cataclysmic. Yesterday is too late for a redressal. It should have never happened at all.
In this internet age copy right protect is exhausting. One either has to eat more to find the energy to run behind your work, or one gives up entirely on it turning paranoid and from then on keeping future creations under double lock and key where they turn stale and old for the lack of air.

Better to give up copyright entirely if you want to publish.
Unless you find out someone is making big money with your stuff.
Which is unlikely when your stuff does not make great amounts of cash for yourself.

dress-up day at school!

Certainly post-Mardi Gras, but in style for Ash Wednesday??

This is one of those replies when I sorely miss a phone that can smile.