I'm heading up to Akamba tomorrow, and was checking the postcode and getting directions, when I saw on Google Maps a familiar photograph (scroll down to the bottom).
Yes, it's this one of José Cuervo, my variegated Agave tequilana:
Now, if I had tagged the photo "Akamba" and Google was using it while providing a link back to my Picasa album or even this website, I would not have a problem. However, this Qype user Phil Holmes has passed it off as his own photo. Not cool. Here's the page concerned:
Photo of Akamba by philholmes
Now, I want to make it clear that this is nothing to do with Akamba or the people who work for Akamba. For starters, they would have posted their own photographs if they'd wanted to write about the nursery. Would it be me if I sat here and accepted the blatant infringement of my copyright? Of course not. In case it gets pulled, here's my comment on the photo:
But in case Phil Holmes from Shirley feels the need to google his name, let me reiterate: my blog and my photographs are authorised for use under an Attribution-Noncommercial-No derivative works licence. This means you have to credit me as the owner of the material, and you can't go round passing it off as your own. Especially not if you're getting some kind of reward (whatever this points system is) for posting my photograph. This is not the first time I've had to do this - I had to complain when someone advertised their Dicksonia antarctica on eBay using my photo!
I have reported the photo to Qype, and I hope it will be removed by the time I get home from the end-of-year bash. Because you won't like my angry, tired and emotional posts...
Yes, it's this one of José Cuervo, my variegated Agave tequilana:
Now, if I had tagged the photo "Akamba" and Google was using it while providing a link back to my Picasa album or even this website, I would not have a problem. However, this Qype user Phil Holmes has passed it off as his own photo. Not cool. Here's the page concerned:
Photo of Akamba by philholmes
Now, I want to make it clear that this is nothing to do with Akamba or the people who work for Akamba. For starters, they would have posted their own photographs if they'd wanted to write about the nursery. Would it be me if I sat here and accepted the blatant infringement of my copyright? Of course not. In case it gets pulled, here's my comment on the photo:
This is not Phil Holmes' photo. This is my photograph, of my Agave tequilana, in my garden, with my Camellia x williamsii in full flower, and the ceramic dinosaur my mother gave me behind it. Phil Holmes has stolen this photograph without asking me or indeed crediting me with the copyright. If you look at the URL for my photograph (http://picasaweb.google.com/juliaheathcote/JurassicPark#5194006282273344610) you will see that it is licensed under creative commons, which means I only authorise use if my copyright is acknowledged.Now, my lovely readers, you all know this because the majority of you are also bloggers and understand the importance of acknowledging copyright, especially if we're not being paid for our efforts.
It isn’t even a plant I bought from Akamba. I bought it from Cotswold Garden Flowers, an hour's drive away. And the location for the photograph above is my own back garden in west London.
But in case Phil Holmes from Shirley feels the need to google his name, let me reiterate: my blog and my photographs are authorised for use under an Attribution-Noncommercial-No derivative works licence. This means you have to credit me as the owner of the material, and you can't go round passing it off as your own. Especially not if you're getting some kind of reward (whatever this points system is) for posting my photograph. This is not the first time I've had to do this - I had to complain when someone advertised their Dicksonia antarctica on eBay using my photo!
I have reported the photo to Qype, and I hope it will be removed by the time I get home from the end-of-year bash. Because you won't like my angry, tired and emotional posts...
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