You do not surrender ownership or copyright of your photo's by uploading them to Flickr. The people pissed off about the photos being sold have specifically given their photo's a Creative Commons license. This is a specific action on *their* part. These users apparently didn't realize the implications of what they were doing, Yahoo! is capitalizing on their decision and the users are all pissed off about it.yes they can....when you sign up, you supposedly sign over all your rights t your photos. That's why I don't use Flicker much.
I certainly don't understand all the in's-and-out's of copyright law but this is clearly a "tempest in a teapot".@Horoscope Fish....I read a few years ago somewhere that Yahoo could use and sell your photos if uploaded. I did read the article posted and it is still somewhat convoluted. I wish it could be explained more clearly. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though. I will re-read the article.
I certainly don't understand all the in's-and-out's of copyright law but this is clearly a "tempest in a teapot".
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I've just had a look on flickr, on the info screen of your pictures, what does all this mean,
you can change it to which one you want
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I've just had a look on flickr, on the info screen of your pictures, what does all this mean,
you can change it to which one you want
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I'll be around...@Horoscope Fish - I would like to get into a discussion later (constructive) but have to leave in about 15 minutes or so to take my wife to the Dr. She's ok, but needs a checkup. I have seen this same debate, even though I beleive we're on the same side as photogs. I agree with you that you better know what you're signing over as far as rights go before you sign. I wonder if you can change your mind and if Flickr has an avenue onboard their site to go to to enable you to do so seamlessly? I'll be back later today and hopefully we can get into an interesting dialogue.
I've just had a look on flickr, on the info screen of your pictures, what does all this mean,
you can change it to which one you want
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Since some people obviously aren't bothering to read the article, let's be clear about this:
1. Flickr absolutely respects copyright laws on photos you own and upload to Flickr. Your photo, your copyright. Period. You need do NOTHING to copyright your own work and uploading it to Flickr does *nothing* to waive your rights to ownership or copyright.
2. Some Flickr uploaders voluntarily chose to license their photo's using a license they did not fully understand and in so doing, granted rights to others. Some of the rights those specific users voluntarily surrendered were commercial in nature.
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