| 26.07.2007 by Zoltan |  |
Virgin Mobile vs the Flickr community
Virgin Mobile Australia has launched a new campaign around the strap “Are you with us or what?” which uses a Flickr feed to populate the site – overlaid with an insightful question to which you’re encouraged to respond. But because they are using a certain CC license, they didn’t (and rightly so) ask permission and now there’s a lively debate raging.
Personally, the fact that every image carries a link to the author’s Flickr account, is enough for me… Getting your stuff in front of as many eyeballs as possible has to be a good thing – even if a massive corporate can be seen to be profiting off you for nothing… Welcome the CC future ;)
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