Flickr now has built in stats for pro accounts! Pretty neato BUT you have to go specifically enable it. I checked out my referrers (which according to Flickr, they only store for a couple weeks until you enable your stats, then they remember them forever) and I found this blog about “The Emerging Free Music Model“. So I checked it out and BAM my “Bundle Up” photo of my ipod in a sock was prominently displayed!

The photo is marked as “All rights reserved” and no credit was given to me specifically. The author did however link back to the original flickr page. He also has multiple ads on his page which he theoretically is earning revenue from. Should I be flattered? Pissed? I can’t say I’ve never used someone else’s photos on this site (which also has ads [though I have still yet to earn the $100 minimum that Google requires before sending a check])…so maybe things are just balancing out. I do wish he would have at least asked me first. I guess this is bound to happen posting any pictures online.

The thing I’m most annoyed with is he resized the image by just changing the dimensions via HTML… this of course results in nasty jagged edges making the photo look all fugly. Should I ask him to credit me by name? Should I ask him to not resize the image via the browser? Should I ask him to remove it completely?

Truth be told I am kinda flattered since I’m pretty green as a photographer and am glad people are enjoying my images. At the same time I feel I’m owed a little something something.

Update: I emailed the site owner and asked him to resize the image to it’s original dimensions or take it down…he emailed me back within the hour and opted to take it down.