Didn't you buy the book? You're published now and it's about Gino.

Yes, I joked with the clerk about being published. I'm surprised I didn't buy an armload of them. I called a bunch of friends, felt downright giddy.

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Gino is a very handsome fellow. I'd enjoy stumbling across a published photo of our dog too, although that's probably not going to happen unless it's a book about curiously mixed mutts.

Did the author asked your permission, give you a photo credit, or just downloaded your image from Flickr and use it? You do have the "all rights reserved" copyright on there, so... well, there's a fine line between flattery and infringement, and you should have at least gotten a photo credit!

I first uploaded the image a year ago when my Flickr account was new. It defaults to Creative Commons licensing so the photo could be used for anything that did not provide monetary gain, it was not altered, and as long as there was proper attribution. I changed my preferences probably after the picture was downloaded and will most likely change it back to Creative Commons.

Proper attribution was made in the back of the book, but, obviously, the book was published with the expectation of gaining monetarily and no permission was asked for or given to use the picture. The photo was also cropped somewhat. I also had no idea it was being published, I just stumbled on it.

And, too, there are degrees of permission within Creative Commons. I may well have given permission for alteration and its use commercially. I'm old, I don't remember.

I have a Flickr friend talking about getting Gino's paw print so we may have to schedule a book-pawing at B&N.

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