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/

As @[email protected] already mentioned: we are working with a lawyer, because the same thing happened to us. I can’t see any failure on my side, because another person released a licensed photo via open graph. That should never be the problem of the user who created the blog post, but from the person who pissed off a license