The issue with the independent ended up by the paper apologizing for the use of the 'all rights reserved' photo. Here is more on it the British Journal of Photography- http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=872764 To me (as a less than amateur photographer) the issue is very clear. When I post something under 'all rights reserved' that is how it should remain. If someone asked me permission for the use of a photograph and they are not for profit, I ask for a credit and let them use it. If it is a commercial site I ask for token money and usually in India you never hear from them again. In this part some of us use 'all rights reserved' to initiate a conversation. I once found, and not so long back, a photo of mine in an Indian national newspaper's Sunday supplement after cropping out (c) Mridula D from the image. Hence, the hesitation to use creative commons, that it would be taken as an excuse by everyone to use pictures. Regards, Mridula -- http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/