The OpenPhoto Project

[ponder]

http://theopenphotoproject.org/overview

The inception of OpenPhoto was a desire to liberate our photos and take back control. Like you, our photos are the most valuable digital files we have. Also like you, we've used Flickr, Picasa and Smugmug and wound up with our photos scattered across numerous sites on the web.

We knew there had to be a better way to take, share and archive photos while retaining ownership. It didn't seem like anyone else was going to build it so we took it upon ourselves to solve this problem for everyone. The project has been open source on Github since the first line of code was written because like your photos, OpenPhoto doesn't belong to us.

 

[nanonyous]

I don't get it... they're basically just another way to share your photos, but are talking about photo ownership and your photos 'getting scattered across numerous sites on the web'?
What exactly are they supposedly offering that any other site doesn't already?

 

[bdt]

Seems to me that it's an ethos thing. And in the backlash of the Instagram debacle, they're the polar opposite of the culture that makes [-]raw, naked profiteering and money grubbing[/-] monetizing your life possible. Of course that raises other questions but that's how it goes. Still, if they play it right they may get the critical mass they need to make it beyond a wonderful ideal.

 

[nanonyous]

Yahoo doesn't monetize one's photos apart from promoting their services (to my knowledge, specifically the Flickr services) using your photos, which is the only rights you give them when uploading anything to their site. Yahoo doesn't even claim license to re-sell your content to third parties and, should you remove your content from their services (that which you yourself made accessible), they stop using it for Yahoo-promoting materials.

I'm certain there are similar sites that have similar terms. Hell, it's one of the reasons I began using Flickr and 500px, the latter which I believe has similar terms.

*edit* Oh, and when I say 'promote', I mean 'your images may get shown on the front page or be picked by editors for the discover-type things on either site', not that they'll specifically pack the images into advertisements promoting either site without your knowledge nor consent.

*edit2* And even then that's only true of content marked as public on either site to begin with. Anything marked as private can't be viewed by anyone but those you allow and site staff, and won't get used for jack so long as it continues to be marked as private.