I'm not concerned about the possibility of a ToS change like that. Anyone who has tried that in the past has been flayed alive by public outcry.
And I find myself unconcerned by the possibilities of major changes or even a shutdown at Flickr. It has played less and less of a role for me as a work showcase in recent years, and its social functions are much less useful than Facebook's. If it were to disappear I'd barely notice, and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone there. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > ... but if you have images on Flickr you'd better pay attention: > http://petapixel.com/2016/02/03/flickr-to-be-scaled-back-as-yahoo-trims-1700-jobs/ > > Reading between the lines, I'd say that Flickr is For Sale and I think > the likely buyer could be someone like Getty Images (with whom Flickr > already has a relationship). If such a thing happens, I'd pay VERY > CLOSE attention to any changes in their Terms of Service (You know, > those things that most people seem to click through without a moment's > thought?) > > Flickr could be a Gold Mine for a stock service like Getty and your > images could be getting licensed for a fraction of what they could be > if Getty (or someone similar) takes a service like Flickr over. > > I'm currently investigating ways to get my stuff OFF Flickr, as I feel > it is coming sooner rather than later. > > > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
