Can I borrow your Flickr?
This is the second time in a month that I've gotten a notice on Flickr from somebody I don't know, asking if they can re-publish one of my photos. About three weeks ago, I was contacted by somebody who wanted to use one of my Obama photos for his "news article." Which upon further investigation turned out to be a post to his blog. I turned him down because not only was he not at the event, he's not even in the US. Plus his "news articles" read more like vanity press than serious journalism.
I just got a second notice yesterday, from an online mapping/travel guide asking if they could use one of my photos of the Rem Koolhaus designed library for their updated guide to Seattle. They appear to be legit and well received. I gave my approval in exchange for being fully credited. Maybe I'll make the final cut and actually get included in the edition. But it made me wonder, how frequently are people (especially people who are far better photographers than me) are getting hit up by 3rd parties to use their photos?
