Adam Curry
Encyclopedia
Adam Clark Curry is a broadcasting and Internet
personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video
channel MTV
. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web
entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site. In the 2000s, he helped pioneer podcast
ing, and is often called the 'Podfather' because of his efforts. He is a licensed airplane pilot.
, Netherlands
, from 1972 to 1987. After a time working in Dutch pirate radio
Radio Picasso in Amstelveen and Radio Decibel in Amsterdam in the early eighties under the pseudonym
"John Holden", he got his big break in broadcasting as the host of the Dutch weekly pop-music
television program
Countdown, and the English version of the same show, which was broadcast on pan-European music channel Music Box
. He also hosted several other radio
and television
programs for the Dutch
broadcast station Veronica
. Aside Countdown, in the Netherlands Adam Curry is most well known for his part in the Curry and Van Inkel radioshow (together with Dutch DJ Jeroen van Inkel).
In 1987, Curry became a VJ for MTV. Besides making spot appearances between music videos, he was also host of the programs Headbangers Ball
and Top 20 Countdown
in which he interviewed stars like Michael Jackson
and Paul McCartney
. While working for MTV, he also did radio work, including drive-time
host for the New York City radio station WHTZ
, and host of the national program HitLine USA.
"mtv.com" in 1993 with the idea of being MTV's
unofficial new voice on the Internet. Although this move was sanctioned by his superiors at MTV Networks at the time, when Curry left to start his own web-portal design and hosting company, OnRamp Inc, MTV subsequently sued him for the domain name, which led to an out-of-court settlement.
OnRamp eventually grew to forty employees and was sold to THINK New Ideas Inc., another company that he co-founded, becoming Chief Technology Officer of THINK. In 1996, as the Internet was undergoing its legendary "bubble", the company made an initial public offering
on NASDAQ
under the ticker symbol THNK. It subsequently grew to employ over 400 people and with offices in seven countries, and was absorbed into Answerthink Inc., in a later merger.
In 2005, Curry founded a video sharing site called mevio
(formerly PodShow) with Ron Bloom. In May 2008, mevio claimed to have reached 9 million unique visitors. It offers advertisers "brand safe" content on a large scale. It raised a $15 million third round in July 2008, bringing the total amount it has raised since its launch to over $38 million. Curry has also gone back to his hosting roots and can be seen daily on the site in the show called "Mevio Today."
, Curry and his family returned to work in the Netherlands
in 1999. He pursued his radio and television career by presenting a morning talk/music show for his former employer, Radio Veronica
. It was discontinued in September 2004. He carried out several loose television assignments and his family briefly starred in the reality soap Adam's Family.
Curry and two business partners founded the multimedia company United Resources of Jamby in 1999. It was to act as an incubator and cultivator for new internet-related businesses. The business was unsuccessful. The participation in Kennisnet
, a venture to introduce internet to Dutch schools, ended in a bitter argument and lawsuits over incorrect European invitation to tender.
Sportus.nl, an online webshop in collaboration with Dutch athletes like Marcel Wouda
, Jacco Eltingh
, Ron Zwerver
and Daniëlle Overgaag, started in 1999, went bankrupt in 2001.
And a prestigious content exchange project called Freedom Controller was cancelled in 2002.
In 2000 he and his business partner Simon Cavendish, a participant in his earlier ventures, founded the RotorJet company which was to offer helicopter services. The company went bankrupt in 2005. In the subsequent dispute, Cavendish seized the assets of the company. In April 2005, Adam Curry was ordered by the Dutch Court to restitute approximately two million American dollars which he had withdrawn from RotorJet.
In 2004, the Curry family, who had resided in Belgium
since 1999, moved their home to the United Kingdom
. They resided in London, in what some and Curry himself refer to on his podcast, The Daily Source Code as "Curry Terrace". Curry also owned a condominium in San Francisco, California
, ("Curry Condo") which he uses for his frequent business trips to the city. In summer 2006, he and his wife began looking to purchase their own home in the UK.
On July 2, 2006, Curry's mother, Valerie Gail Clark (Breezy), died after a 2-year battle with cancer.
In December 2008, Curry moved from the Curry Manor in Guildford
to the Curry Terrace in London
.
In 2009 Adam Curry announced that he would divorce from his wife Patricia Paay. He then moved back to the US to live in Los Angeles with his new partner Micky Hoogendijk
. His divorce with his wife Patricia Paay has not yet been finalized. Curry is no longer working at Mevio but is now working on the podcast No Agenda
together with John C. Dvorak
. The shows does not take any advertising, but is solely listener supported. Curry has several times jokingly said on the show that he no longer is rich. Similar claims have been made by Paay in the Dutch media.
As of November 2011, Curry has resided in Austin
, Texas
.
Additionally, Curry describes himself as a "bi-curious male."
Curry founded PodShow, now mevio
, along with business partner, Ron Bloom
, in January 2005. Venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital
have invested nearly $9 million into PodShow. PodShow is a podcast promotions and advertising company that encompasses the Podshow Podcast Network, the Podcast Delivery Network (launched on July 4, 2006), and the Podsafe Music Network
. Some of Podshow's top podcasts are Curry's own Daily Source Code, The Dawn and Drew Show
, GeekBrief.TV. As of the end of 2006 PodShow's total amount of venture capital investments have risen to approximately $23m.
From June 2005 until May 2007, Curry hosted a show on Sirius Satellite Radio
, titled 'Adam Curry's PodShow, running from 6 to 10 p.m. EST on weekdays. The radio show featured what he called "The Best of Podcasting".
Since around the time of Daily Source Code episode 380 (aired May 4, 2006), Curry promoted Daily Source Code in Second Life
under the name Adam Neumann via Curry Castle. He even introduced an island called Podshow Island which was managed by Britney Mason aka Dave Peck. Podshow Island was shut down in March 2008.
Curry used podcasting in support of Ron Paul
, Congressman and 2008 Republican Presidential hopeful, after officially endorsing him. He currently uses the show to discuss news topics and conspiracy theories such as Free energy suppression
and the 9/11 Truth Movement
.
page and publishing details about his daughter. The photos were released under a version of the Creative Commons
license
that forbids commercial use and requires acknowledgement, but the tabloid printed a few of them without contacting Curry.
The verdict of the lawsuit did not award Curry any damages
, but did forbid the tabloid from reprinting the photos in the future, and set a fine of 1,000€ for each subsequent violation by the tabloid. It was one of the first times the license was tested in a court.
In May 2009, Curry posted on his blog information about a different Dutch tabloid publishing another Creative Commons licensed photo from Curry's Flickr
account and Curry's attempt to apply Creative Commons license requirements. The publisher settled without a trial on Curry's terms.
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
personality well known for his stint from 1987 to 1994 as a video jockey on the music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
channel MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. In the mid-1990s, Curry was a World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
entrepreneur and one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer a Web site. In the 2000s, he helped pioneer podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
ing, and is often called the 'Podfather' because of his efforts. He is a licensed airplane pilot.
Early broadcast career
Curry was born in Arlington, Virginia, but lived in AmstelveenAmstelveen
' is a suburban municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen,...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, from 1972 to 1987. After a time working in Dutch pirate radio
Pirate radio
Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for illegal two-way radio operation...
Radio Picasso in Amstelveen and Radio Decibel in Amsterdam in the early eighties under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
"John Holden", he got his big break in broadcasting as the host of the Dutch weekly pop-music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
Countdown, and the English version of the same show, which was broadcast on pan-European music channel Music Box
Music Box (TV)
Music Box Ltd. was a television production company that developed from a pioneering pan-European 24-hour cable and satellite channel that ran from March 1984 to 30 January 1987, originally one of three channels along with PREM1ERE and The Children's Channel, that formed Thorn EMI's venture into...
. He also hosted several other radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
programs for the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
broadcast station Veronica
Veronica (television channel)
Veronica is a commercial TV channel in the Netherlands, owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media . Other channels of ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG in the Netherlands are SBS6 and NET 5....
. Aside Countdown, in the Netherlands Adam Curry is most well known for his part in the Curry and Van Inkel radioshow (together with Dutch DJ Jeroen van Inkel).
In 1987, Curry became a VJ for MTV. Besides making spot appearances between music videos, he was also host of the programs Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball
Headbangers Ball is a music television program consisting of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV2, MTV Australia, MTV Two , MTV Adria , MTV Brand New, MTV Portugal, MTV Finland, MTV Arabia, MTV Norway, MTV Sweden, MTV Denmark, MTV Greece, MTV Türkiye, MTV...
and Top 20 Countdown
Countdown (Dutch TV series)
The Dutch music show Countdown was a popular music show from 1978 to the early '90s, broadcast by the broadcasting system Veronica. It ranked as the top music show in the whole of Europe. Due to the popularity this show, the career of one of its hosts throughout the entire period, Adam Curry, rose...
in which he interviewed stars like Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
and Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
. While working for MTV, he also did radio work, including drive-time
Drive time
Drive time is the daypart analog to prime time for radio broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up, get ready, and/or head to work or school, and the afternoon hours when they are heading home and before their evening meal. These are the periods where the number of...
host for the New York City radio station WHTZ
WHTZ
WHTZ — branded Z100 — is a commercial pop/contemporary hit radio radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey serving the New York metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications...
, and host of the national program HitLine USA.
Web and MTV.com
In the late 1980s, before the World Wide Web, in the days of Gopher, Curry began experimenting on the Net. He registered the then-unclaimed domain nameDomain name
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
"mtv.com" in 1993 with the idea of being MTV's
MTV Networks
MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operations of many television channels and Internet brands, including the original MTV channel in the United States...
unofficial new voice on the Internet. Although this move was sanctioned by his superiors at MTV Networks at the time, when Curry left to start his own web-portal design and hosting company, OnRamp Inc, MTV subsequently sued him for the domain name, which led to an out-of-court settlement.
OnRamp eventually grew to forty employees and was sold to THINK New Ideas Inc., another company that he co-founded, becoming Chief Technology Officer of THINK. In 1996, as the Internet was undergoing its legendary "bubble", the company made an initial public offering
Initial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
on NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
under the ticker symbol THNK. It subsequently grew to employ over 400 people and with offices in seven countries, and was absorbed into Answerthink Inc., in a later merger.
In 2005, Curry founded a video sharing site called mevio
Mevio
Mevio Inc., is an American internet entertainment network, whose properties include PodShow+, PodShow Podcast Network, PodShowPDN, Podcast Alley, CastBlaster, the Podsafe Music Network and, BT PodShow...
(formerly PodShow) with Ron Bloom. In May 2008, mevio claimed to have reached 9 million unique visitors. It offers advertisers "brand safe" content on a large scale. It raised a $15 million third round in July 2008, bringing the total amount it has raised since its launch to over $38 million. Curry has also gone back to his hosting roots and can be seen daily on the site in the show called "Mevio Today."
Living in Europe and return to the US
After selling his business in the USUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Curry and his family returned to work in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in 1999. He pursued his radio and television career by presenting a morning talk/music show for his former employer, Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica
Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast from offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales of radio receivers by providing an alternative to...
. It was discontinued in September 2004. He carried out several loose television assignments and his family briefly starred in the reality soap Adam's Family.
Curry and two business partners founded the multimedia company United Resources of Jamby in 1999. It was to act as an incubator and cultivator for new internet-related businesses. The business was unsuccessful. The participation in Kennisnet
Kennisnet
Kennisnet is a Dutch public organization dedicated to ICT-innovation for primary and secondary education and vocational training. Kennisnet provides educational content and information to teachers, pupils and parents...
, a venture to introduce internet to Dutch schools, ended in a bitter argument and lawsuits over incorrect European invitation to tender.
Sportus.nl, an online webshop in collaboration with Dutch athletes like Marcel Wouda
Marcel Wouda
Marcel Reinier Wouda is a former Dutch swimmer, who became Holland's first world champion when he won the world title in the 200 m individual medley at the FINA 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia...
, Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Eltingh
Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...
, Ron Zwerver
Ron Zwerver
Ronald Ferdinand Zwerver is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea...
and Daniëlle Overgaag, started in 1999, went bankrupt in 2001.
And a prestigious content exchange project called Freedom Controller was cancelled in 2002.
In 2000 he and his business partner Simon Cavendish, a participant in his earlier ventures, founded the RotorJet company which was to offer helicopter services. The company went bankrupt in 2005. In the subsequent dispute, Cavendish seized the assets of the company. In April 2005, Adam Curry was ordered by the Dutch Court to restitute approximately two million American dollars which he had withdrawn from RotorJet.
In 2004, the Curry family, who had resided in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
since 1999, moved their home to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. They resided in London, in what some and Curry himself refer to on his podcast, The Daily Source Code as "Curry Terrace". Curry also owned a condominium in San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, ("Curry Condo") which he uses for his frequent business trips to the city. In summer 2006, he and his wife began looking to purchase their own home in the UK.
On July 2, 2006, Curry's mother, Valerie Gail Clark (Breezy), died after a 2-year battle with cancer.
In December 2008, Curry moved from the Curry Manor in Guildford
Guildford
Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
to the Curry Terrace in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
In 2009 Adam Curry announced that he would divorce from his wife Patricia Paay. He then moved back to the US to live in Los Angeles with his new partner Micky Hoogendijk
Micky Hoogendijk
Mirjam "Micky" Hoogendijk is a Dutch actress, presenter and model.-Biography and career:Micky Hoogendijk was one of the first people in the Netherlands to be conceived via IVF. She was raised by her mother in an international art environment.-Marriage and bombing incident:In 1990 she met artist...
. His divorce with his wife Patricia Paay has not yet been finalized. Curry is no longer working at Mevio but is now working on the podcast No Agenda
No Agenda
No Agenda is a podcast which takes place two times a week on Thursday and Sunday in the morning, hosted by Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak on the mevio network. The show is a free-flowing conversation that deconstructs recent news and media memes. Much of the appeal of the show comes from the odd...
together with John C. Dvorak
John C. Dvorak
John C. Dvorak is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the Vice-President of Mevio and well known for his work for Tech TV...
. The shows does not take any advertising, but is solely listener supported. Curry has several times jokingly said on the show that he no longer is rich. Similar claims have been made by Paay in the Dutch media.
As of November 2011, Curry has resided in Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.
Additionally, Curry describes himself as a "bi-curious male."
Podcasting
New Media pioneer Adam Curry has been bringing his special brand of social commentary, music, humor and geek wizardry to your earbuds since August 13th of 2004. The first to put together syndication and scripting technology with a daily audio show, Adam ushered in a new era of independent media at a time when the corporate media conglomerates were spewing forth an endless stream of boring, robotic content. (Ref. noagendashow.com/adam)"Every new medium needs a celebrity, and Curry is happy to fill that role," noted Annalee Newitz when she interviewed Curry for WiredWired (magazine)Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...
.
Curry founded PodShow, now mevio
Mevio
Mevio Inc., is an American internet entertainment network, whose properties include PodShow+, PodShow Podcast Network, PodShowPDN, Podcast Alley, CastBlaster, the Podsafe Music Network and, BT PodShow...
, along with business partner, Ron Bloom
Ron Bloom
From February 2009 to August 2011, Ron Bloom served as a senior official in the Obama Administration. From February 2011 to August 2011, Bloom served at the White House as the Assistant to the President for Manufacturing Policy...
, in January 2005. Venture capitalists Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"...
have invested nearly $9 million into PodShow. PodShow is a podcast promotions and advertising company that encompasses the Podshow Podcast Network, the Podcast Delivery Network (launched on July 4, 2006), and the Podsafe Music Network
Podsafe Music Network
Podsafe Music Network, or PMN, is currently the primary archive of podsafe music on the internet. It was established by PodShow, a podcast production company founded by Adam Curry and Ron Bloom, in the summer of 2005...
. Some of Podshow's top podcasts are Curry's own Daily Source Code, The Dawn and Drew Show
The Dawn and Drew Show
The Dawn and Drew Show is a podcast starring and produced by a married couple, Dawn Miceli and Drew Domkus . They just recently celebrated their 7th podcast anniversary. The couple moved back to their farmhouse in Wayne, WI after being robbed and nearly killed in their home in Cocles, Costa Rica...
, GeekBrief.TV. As of the end of 2006 PodShow's total amount of venture capital investments have risen to approximately $23m.
From June 2005 until May 2007, Curry hosted a show on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
, titled 'Adam Curry's PodShow, running from 6 to 10 p.m. EST on weekdays. The radio show featured what he called "The Best of Podcasting".
Since around the time of Daily Source Code episode 380 (aired May 4, 2006), Curry promoted Daily Source Code in Second Life
Second Life
Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...
under the name Adam Neumann via Curry Castle. He even introduced an island called Podshow Island which was managed by Britney Mason aka Dave Peck. Podshow Island was shut down in March 2008.
Curry used podcasting in support of Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...
, Congressman and 2008 Republican Presidential hopeful, after officially endorsing him. He currently uses the show to discuss news topics and conspiracy theories such as Free energy suppression
Free energy suppression
Free energy suppression is a conspiracy theory claim that explains why advanced technology that would reshape current energy paradigms is being suppressed by certain special interest groups...
and the 9/11 Truth Movement
9/11 Truth Movement
9/11 Truth movement is a collective name for loosely affiliated organizations and individuals who question the accepted account of the September 11, 2001, attacks....
.
Creative Commons
In late February 2006, Curry sued the Dutch tabloid Weekend for reprinting photos from his FlickrFlickr
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
page and publishing details about his daughter. The photos were released under a version of the Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
license
License
The verb license or grant licence means to give permission. The noun license or licence refers to that permission as well as to the document recording that permission.A license may be granted by a party to another party as an element of an agreement...
that forbids commercial use and requires acknowledgement, but the tabloid printed a few of them without contacting Curry.
The verdict of the lawsuit did not award Curry any damages
Damages
In law, damages is an award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury; grammatically, it is a singular noun, not plural.- Compensatory damages :...
, but did forbid the tabloid from reprinting the photos in the future, and set a fine of 1,000€ for each subsequent violation by the tabloid. It was one of the first times the license was tested in a court.
In May 2009, Curry posted on his blog information about a different Dutch tabloid publishing another Creative Commons licensed photo from Curry's Flickr
Flickr
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
account and Curry's attempt to apply Creative Commons license requirements. The publisher settled without a trial on Curry's terms.
External links
- Adam Curry's No Agenda Podcast
- Adam Curry's Weblog
- 2010 interview by Laptoprockers
- May 2011 interview by Maynard