I'll tend to that today! Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 21, 2015, at 3:07 AM, Avital <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can respond to this because I have many years' experience with Flickr. > > The person who sets up a Flickr account *chooses* the license > agreement. It is not Creative Commons by default. I use Creative > Commons for my personal photos because I don't mind if people publish > my photos as long as they give proper attribution and link back to my > site. It does not require the user to contact me for permission as > long as all the conditions are met. That is what Creative Commons > means. It doesn't mean anyone can use your photo any way they like. > The conditions of Creative Commons are stated very clearly on the > Flickr site. > > For the Arachne site, I recommend that Clay choose the "All Rights > Reserved" option. That is the most restrictive. It doesn't physically > prevent people from downloading and using it without your permission > (and if you don't want anyone anywhere to use or to see your photo, > don't upload it to the web -- simple as that). It does prevent people > from legally using your photo for jigsaw puzzles, etc., unless they > contact you and you give them explicit permission to use your photo. > Hope that makes things clearer. > > Avital > >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Jane Partridge <[email protected]> wrote: >> A lot of the members on the Facebook groups are new lacemakers who may not >> know about Arachne, or non-English speakers who can join in with >> conversations because of the ease of translation tools. >> >> Interestingly Jacquie Tinch forwarded to me a sliding block type picture >> puzzle last night (not lace related) which used a photo from Flickr, stating >> that the image wasn't their copyright but they'd used it under a Creative >> Commons License detailed on Flickr. That to me says that maybe anyone can >> make use of photos uploaded to the site and puts me off using it. I >> understood that if someone sends you a link to their photos on Facebook you >> don't have to be a Facebook member to access it. >> Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > > Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com > Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr/sets - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
