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Here comes another takedown [Online Video]December 11th, 2007 at 4:51 pmSource:Valleywag newVideoPlayer(”Here_Comes_Another_Bubble.flv”, 475, 376); From the tone of her Flickr post, though, it’s unlikely Hartwell was very satisfied by the Richter Scales’ response, which suggested that it was simply too difficult to credit everyone whose work they incorporated into the video. I’m not a lawyer, and the role of photo credits in copyright law isn’t clear to me. Giving credit where credit’s due simply strikes me as the polite thing to do. And surely not that difficult. I suspect that the members of Richter Scales were simply lazy. The photo Hartwell took of me is the first search result for me in Google Images. It’s not particularly apt, either; I was working at Business 2.0 when she photographed me. On top of that, it makes me look even more jowly than I am. But enough about me. The issue here is credit, and whether it’s hard to give. I’ve reposted the video above for the sole purpose of discussing the works that went into it. Please view it, and if you recognize a copyrighted photograph whose author deserves credit, please name him or her in the comments. I’ll start: The photograph Hartwell took of me was originally published on Epicenter. The iconic photograph of Michael Arrington smoking a cigar was taken by Ramona Rosales for Business 2.0. Those two credits only took a few minutes to identify and write. How hard could it be to do the rest?
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