In fact the photos were perfectly legitimately used, in complete accordance with the license he set for them on Flickr, where Shannon found them without ever being aware of his article. Not that it would have mattered: Where We Live is an ongoing series and this was the most recent pick.

Matt’s reaction is understandable even if it’s an over-reach – creators are protective of their work and tend to see things from their own perspective. Writing about something then seeing the same subject covered using the same photos? Maybe none of us would have considered the other ways someone would have gotten to those same pictures.

Your assertion, though, is completely without basis and obviously uninformed. Sadly it’s pretty understandable too: people often react with less restraint and civility online than they might in person. In person I’d probably have limited myself to “that’s rude,” rather than enumerating the reasons why. You, perhaps, might leave us uncertain whether you were impolite and ignorant rather than saying something like the above and removing all doubt.

That being said, while I believe you weren’t reading my blog, if you take a look at my last two updates I think you’ll see why I might jump to conclusions. In the last week I had written about my neighborhood, Glover Park, and covered most of the same subjects so far. Perhaps I’ll link to this post in the conclusion.

Glover Park! F’ NO!