AlistairJul 22, 2025

New blog post! 🚀

A few months ago a media org demanded a license fee for an open graph image I linked. I paid the fee because I was worried, but it raises serious questions about open graph usage on the web!

This goes through how it went and my thoughts.

https://alistairshepherd.uk/writing/open-graph-licensing/

Show threadCharlie O’HaraJul 22, 2025
@accudio isn’t their issue more that you were directly hosting the image? If you were embedding a tweet using the Twitter oembed API you’d be provided with an iframe that shows a page - hosted directly by Twitter - containing the image - hosted either by Twitter or the original news org.
Show threadCharlie O’Hara
@accudio not defending them at all, just thinking of the legal logic of it.
Jul 22, 2025 at 4:36pmWeb