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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by rjsamson on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @11:23PM (#4072242)

This is off topic, but the next web really needs to make an effort to properly credit images. They've been called out on this a number of times before, but the way they credit image sources is just plain wrong. In this article, for example, at the very bottom of the page is a generic link that says SOURCES: IMAGE CREDIT. With this particular image, the photographer very clearly says "please, kindly credit me (Nan Palmero) with the photo and link back here" - nowhere do they credit him by name. A quick check of all of the other publications using her photo do properly credit her by name, but the next web can't be bothered.

If the author of this article is reading - PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by nanpalmero on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:57AM (#4074535)

Thank you very much for looking out. It appears that this has been going on a bit. Matthew, can you help with the following pieces that also do not have my name attached to them, please? Doing so on both the desktop and mobile version would be greatly appreciated!

http://thenextweb.com/location/2011/08/01/foursquare-reporte...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/05/14/milestone-foursquar...

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/03/17/agora-helps-you-meet-n...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/10/24/linkedin-fixes-bug-...

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/08/16/linkedin-launches-slic...

http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2011/01/13/32-of-my-friend...

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/08/31/mtv-to-reward-std-ch...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/03/25/foursquare-plans-to...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/01/27/linkedin-files-its-...

@Richiezc what a cool chocolate wrapper, thank you for making such a fun piece.

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by rjsamson on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:02PM (#4074567)

Wow - I knew they were bad at image attribution, but that's just plain awful. And these are just the photos from one photographer that have been improperly used! TNW clearly has a large gap in their reporting standards that needs to be corrected.

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by nanpalmero on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @02:56PM (#4075500)

Zee Kane, CEO of TNW is correcting the issue: https://twitter.com/Zee/status/210444016016306176 https://twitter.com/Zee/status/210444266185560064

Thank you all for your help and support!

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by rjsamson on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @03:31PM (#4075692)

Glad to see it! Credit links in the body will be a great improvement!

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by nanpalmero on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:26PM (#4074685)

I'm hopeful that they'll do the right thing.

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by mpanzarino on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @02:56PM (#4075495)

Hello Nan, thank you for collecting those links, I know that it took your personal time to find those and we'll definitely make sure that you're credited properly in them.

All of the posts appear to have an 'image credit' or 'photo source' link back to your Flickr profile, but we understand that this isn't good enough and from now on will be moving image sources into the body of the article.

Please accept our apologies for not crediting it more clearly and thank you for the great shots!

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by nanpalmero on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @03:30PM (#4075686)

Apologize accepted, thank you for the correction!

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by damncabbage on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @05:37AM (#4072982)

And if the photographer is reading - PLEASE FILE A DMCA TAKEDOWN NOTICE.

(Companies aren't going to pay attention to you as a little guy until you kick them in the pants. Have at it.)

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by richiezc on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:05AM (#4072360)

sort of off topic but I used to work at LinkedIn and created the foil wrapped logo'd chocolates being photographed. we used them as a giveaway back at CES in 2010 in the blackberry booth.

its cool that the images is offered under CC license and has been included in so many articles about LinkedIn, he should get a photo credit

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by rjsamson on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:56AM (#4072478)

That's pretty cool actually - small world!

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by madrona on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @11:37PM (#4072269)

TNW rips off more than just pictures.

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by rjsamson on Tuesday June 05, 2012 @11:46PM (#4072296)

Agreed (although this article appears to contain some original reporting), but their neglect for proper image attribution is especially egregious. It is most bothersome to me because all they have to do is mention the guy's name and they get to use his image free of charge, but instead they resort to some sort of half-hidden generic link-back.

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by mpanzarino on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:34AM (#4072435)

I've made a change to credit the image more prominently with the photographer's name.

As a photographer myself, who does offer images under a CC license, I understand the importance of crediting. It was not my intention to slight them in any way.

And you'll find that a good many of the articles that we publish contain original reporting. Thank you for reading.

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by rjsamson on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @12:54AM (#4072474)

Thanks Matthew - glad to see you're willing to make that change. I noticed a number of other TNW articles from today also using the same anonymous attribution, one of which was another of yours (http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/06/05/apple-tv-5-0-2-softwa...). If you'd take a moment to fix the attribution and mention something to your colleagues as well that would be awesome.

A couple of the other articles I noticed are here:

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/06/06/bid-for-a-dinner-wi...

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/05/trickster-for-mac-help...

http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/06/05/tvs-status-quo-may-be...

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/06/05/here-are-the-winners-o...

Thanks!

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Re:LinkedIn’s iOS app transmits names, emails, and calendar ... by uptown on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @09:14AM (#4073585)

Here's everywhere that's using that photo: http://www.tineye.com/search/3dab4395c0ce1c3e010b2fa699cfbfb...

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