Local librarian told me Creative Commons doesn't apply to commercial work and I almost lost a $2,000 gig

Was working on a brochure for a coffee roaster in Burlington and used a CC-licensed photo of coffee beans. My contact at the library said CC means free for anything, even if you're selling it. Turned out they were wrong - the license on that photo was non-commercial only. Client got a copyright claim notice three weeks after printing. Had to pay the photographer $400 to settle it. Anyone else run into bad advice from well meaning people about licensing?

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davidshah2d ago

And that's why I ALWAYS screenshot the license page and save it with the file, learned that the HARD way.

the_riley2d ago

My buddy got sued for using a photo he found on Google Images six years ago lol.