We all moan sometimes about terms and conditions and how people like Facebook, Google and others can use our photos and content for whatever they want. Well, one of my recent shots of +Shinyong Lee got used in Google's keynote presentation about their new Nexus 7 tablet and Google Plus app.
Now that's cool. Shinyong: girl, you're the face of Google !! 
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Finally got around to watching the #googleio2012 Keynote and noticed they used +Alfie Goodrich 's photo when showing off the new Google+ app for the #nexus7 . Congrats!
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Paul Brocklehurst
July 3, 2012
and if it wasn't for those t&Cs you could invoice them for a bit of cash…
Alfie Goodrich
July 3, 2012
Yeah but reality now is different than 5, 10 or 20 years ago. My reality is I make my cash from commercial shoots and teaching. The majority of editorial work is so low paid these days that even stuff I get in magazines for the most part is looked upon as free advertising. Same way I look at this +Paul Brocklehurst
Troy Hankerson
July 4, 2012
Nice!
Manish Kumar Das
July 4, 2012
wonderful to see this. keep it up Alfie
Tim Buerger
July 5, 2012
What? No watermark on that photo? Did they tell you, or did you have to discover it yourself?
Alfie Goodrich
July 5, 2012
There is a watermark actually Tim. Jason found the video and made me the screengrab.
Tim Buerger
July 5, 2012
I guess they aren't legally required to, but I am kinda a little sad they didn't drop you a line.
Alfie Goodrich
July 6, 2012
Technically +Tim Buerger this was them just going through a 'stream' of stuff. Lots of people's content went past on the screen. There's no clause in the T&C that says content from the website can't be shown to the public……
Paul Brocklehurst
July 6, 2012
strictly its the existence of a clause in the T&C, not the absence of one that allows this.
Alfie Goodrich
July 6, 2012
Yeah,OK +Paul Brocklehurst . True. But really, you know what, I discretely watermark my stuff for the very reason that I can't stop and many times don't want to stop people republishing it online. If people start selling it online or from online making it available offline, then I will step in. Same goes for people who edit out the watermark.
If you publish stuff online you are taking the benefits of having the world see it. The watermark is on this shot. My name and photo is underneath it. That's more than I get from some people who re-publish stuff online.
If you want to use the web to publicise yourself then it's a good idea to be not going into the experience with too litigious an attitude.
I make a career and manage – just, some months – to keep a family of five people under a roof and with their tummies full of food off of being a photographer. In an age where digital cameras, software and an internet connection have replaced needing a darkroom, publisher and a book deal… that's not bad I reckon.
A large part of that is down to Google helping my hard work pay off:
I spend time building my websites properly: Google help people find me. And 90% of my students and clients find me through Googling me….
I use their social network to publicise myself: 1.4million people now follow my work.
… feel like the least I can do is let them scroll a pic of mine across the screen a few times during a presentation. Especially as they have my name underneath the photo.