Creative Commons Non-Attrib Licensce 2.0 photograph question

[ephe]

What is the name of your state? Ark

I started a website that features photoshop tutorials. I use some of 'my photography' and for faces and I recently did a 'glamour' tutorial. Not being a model photographer (I'm an amateur purely, ie I don't make any money off of photography just a hobby), I used a photograph from Flickr's Creative Commons 2.0 Non-Attrib.

I got to thinking (because the author never wrote me back) that maybe for some reason this may or may not be ok to do. Basically, I used the image to show a before and after process on how to do something in photoshop - it was nothing bad I did to the person's face (in fact it was more like a turn a photo into a model thing). . .

So, I guess my question is, are creative commons non-attrib licences ok to use in this manner? I specifically chose an image that said it allowed 'commercial derivatives' as long as you credit the author - which I did both by linking back to thier flicker page and 'thanking them' for making the image available.

The tutorial was only up for a day, I decided to 'unpublish it' until I got some more information from people that truly understand this stuff. . .

I worry incessently about little things, so I figured I'd make sure this is ok.

THanks for your analysis in clear English.

[seniorjudge]

Clear English: You use someone's copyrighted material, you must have permission.

[ephe]

Originally Posted by seniorjudge

Clear English: You use someone's copyrighted material, you must have permission.

Yes, I understand if the copyright is a traditional one. I should have posted a link to the licence the photographer released the photograph under:

[url]http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/[/url]

[divgradcurl]

Did you attribute the work in the manner as requested by the copyright holder? If yes, then you are okay. If not, then you are not okay.

[ephe]

Originally Posted by divgradcurl

Did you attribute the work in the manner as requested by the copyright holder? If yes, then you are okay. If not, then you are not okay.

I made the image where when a person clicked it, it sent them back to the person's Flickr page. I also wrote above the image something like this:

"Thanks to the author for making this photo available under the creative common's license - click on thier image to see the author's flickr stream"

I'll probably leave it unpublished, this stuff is too scary for someone just doing it as a hobby. Basically since I only had it up for a day and 'unpublished it' I hope that I'm ok. . .