Hi guys, yerp I'm 100% sure its mine, without any doubt. It is a long exposure stitched panorama taken in the rain at about 5am in the morning, so it has puddles and light streaks from cars that make a unique finger print.
I don't think it is hosted on any galleries or competition sites, apart from my own servers (i own a web design company).
I know what is wrote in lots of T&Cs on sites, but i find it very difficult to believe that if for example somebody uploaded an image, the T&Cs would allow it to be redistributed freely and go above centuries old Intellectual Property Laws, especially as their is no signatures involved, just some little tick box.
For example the myspace T&Cs says on 6.1
http://www1.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.terms
By displaying or publishing ("posting") any Content on or through the MySpace Services, you hereby grant to MySpace.com a limited license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Content solely on and through the MySpace Services.
They then justify this directly below
Without this license, MySpace.com would be unable to provide the MySpace Services. For example, without the right to modify Member Content, MySpace.com would not be able to digitally compress music files that Members submit or otherwise format Content to satisfy technical requirements, and without the right to publicly perform Member Content, MySpace.com could not allow Users to listen to music posted by Members.
Which is a very fair point
But as myspace is owned by the same owners as Sky TV, in theory they can use it on any advert they wish to promote them selves.
But that has never happened yet, as i don't think they would want to have a landmark court case against them. For if they loose, it would be devastating to their T&Cs and how they show and modify media files at the moment.
How much is a fair cost to charge this uni, as i know Getty charge usually about £1500 plus VAT for infringement on even 40x40 pixel size web images.