A friend of mine had some Creative Common licensed photos on flickr. Along comes Getty Images and selects them to be included in their site. When he agrees, they change the Creative Commons license for a copyrighted one.
What is the real value of these photos for Getty? If someone uses the images, they could always argue that they had a CC license at the time. But worse, if Getty sues them, how could they prove the photos had a CC license when they were fetched?
In software terms, a software is released with a license, which can then be changed for following releases. What happens when we license something static as a photo? Is it valid to change the license after it has already been made publicly available with an open license?
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