A few friends IMed me and emailed me this morning saying they saw my photo of a friend on Gizmodo for the headline article, Bad Valentine: On Finding Awkward, Geek Love as well as on site banner.

The photo is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution / Noncommercial, both stipulations are disregarded as Gizmodo is a commercial site and I did not receive credit, nor was I asked permission for use of my picture. I’m used to seeing my photos used without permission or credit on style and fashion blogs run by individuals, but not by a media brand, one of the largest and most recognizable sites online.

Would this be acceptable from WIRED or the New York Times? I don’t really care on a personal level, it doesn’t bother me that they used my photo or that they didn’t give me credit, but I think the larger issues of journalistic accountability online and copyright adherence need to be addressed if digital content and traditional media are to be valued equally.