This Blogspotting post brought to my attention that Flickr has started reclassifying everyone’s photos to “all rights reserved”. Stephen Baker is worried that Yahoo is kinda withdrawing Flickr from the blog world since it will not be possible to link to photos from one’s blog without asking the photographer’s permission.
Although, I have not practiced posting other people’s photos to my blog from Flickr, I can see how this steals away some convenience from Flickr and its openness. It is not hard to see Yahoo’s point in this case. In today’s web, the difference between commercial sites and noncommercial sites is so vague since one’s blog with Adsense ads is considered to be commercial. The funny thing is that I never thought my site would be considered commercial because of the Adsense ads that do not bring me any earnings.
It is worth noting that photo owner’s can reset their copyright settings which still gives the user the power. Let’s hope that Yahoo will not take away more openness from Flickr.
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