Using Flickr

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xrapidx

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Does anyone have any tips w.r.t. using Flickr? Just set up a profile and was wondering if anyone has anything to share?

e.g. Do you upload the full file, or make a smaller res one, etc.
 
I usually upload the originals, they get resized on the site so people don't have to download the full size.

- Get Flickr Uploader as well, allows you to do batch uploads to your account

- If you have a camera phone, get a piece of software called Shozu. Allows you to upload directly from your phone to Flickr, very cool.

- Make friends with people too, ldmelsa and bwana are both on, I'm d.massyn. you can add anyone to your friends list, they don't have to accept you.
 
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I resize all photos to 50% the original size so the file size comes down (like, 3MB to 1MB)

Then

I use the Flickr upload tool and upload the pictures and arrange them according to sets.

With movies, I use the web version of the tool to upload movies, it normally fails on 99% (I have no idea why but it actually does get uploaded just gets stuck on 99% :( )

Flickr FTW! :D
 
I dont upload anything larger than 1024x1024 anymore.
 
Anyone use any facebook based flickr apps? Trying out "My Flickr"
 
I don't upload anything to facebook. Read their terms&conditions, especially the "content" part.

All your pictures are belong to us.... :eek:
 
xrapidx said:
Sons of *.

*runs off to delete pictures* :p
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Now for part two. Facebook doesn't delete images. The reason is really a simple technical consideration, nothing sinister, but still. If I remember correctly, they also mention in the terms&conditions that they reserve the right to not remove things or something to that effect.
 
koffiejunkie said:
I don't upload anything to facebook. Read their terms&conditions, especially the "content" part.

All your pictures are belong to us.... :eek:
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They need the right to make 'copies' of your photos in order to display them on the web.

If they didn't have that right, then it would be illegal for them to display them on a public website.

It's the same for any website where you upload content that is publically displayed, you need to grant them the right to publish it.

Nothing sinister.
 
Deenem said:
They need the right to make 'copies' of your photos in order to display them on the web.

If they didn't have that right, then it would be illegal for them to display them on a public website.

It's the same for any website where you upload content that is publically displayed, you need to grant them the right to publish it.

Nothing sinister.
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Facebook reserves the "right to copy, publicly display, translate, distribute and to create derivative works" so it seems they can pretty much do whatever they like with them.

I've yet to see anything that resembles that on Flickr's site.
 
Deenem said:
They need the right to make 'copies' of your photos in order to display them on the web.

If they didn't have that right, then it would be illegal for them to display them on a public website.

It's the same for any website where you upload content that is publically displayed, you need to grant them the right to publish it.

Nothing sinister.
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They need the right to display it, and for that they only need the right to store it for as long as you wish to have it stored.

They do not need the right to keep it after you removed it. But as I have said earlier, the reason it is kept is technical - it costs more in terms of disc cycles to remove it from disc, than to just remove it from your profile. Through my work I have been fortunate to see some of what goes on behind the scenes - they deal with a staggering number of just about everything. The number of concurrent online users is more than anything I've seen on any other site (I'm talking big sites, like youtube, myspace and flickr), and they deal with a few million new images per hour. So this part I understand.

But they certainly don't need the right to use, and/or sub-license, for profit my images.

EDIT: You really should read their terms&conditions. Pay close attention to the "Content" part.
 
Flickr's terms and conditions are available here .... http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/utos-173.html


And here is an excerpt from Facebook's :

You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the licence granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. Facebook does not assert any ownership over your User Content; rather, as between us and you, subject to the rights granted to us in these Terms, you retain full ownership of all of your User Content and any intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights associated with your User Content.
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http://www.facebook.com/terms.php?ref=pf
 
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bwana said:
Facebook reserves the "right to copy, publicly display, translate, distribute and to create derivative works" so it seems they can pretty much do whatever they like with them.

I've yet to see anything that resembles that on Flickr's site.
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Flickr terms and conditions redirect to Yahoo (mommy) :

Yahoo! does not claim ownership of Content you submit or make available for inclusion on the Yahoo! Services. However, with respect to Content you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services, you grant Yahoo! the following worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license :

With respect to photos, graphics, audio or video you submit or make available for inclusion on publicly accessible areas of the Yahoo! Services other than Yahoo! Groups, the license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content on the Yahoo! Services solely for the purpose for which such Content was submitted or made available. This license exists only for as long as you elect to continue to include such Content on the Yahoo! Services and will terminate at the time you remove or Yahoo! removes such Content from the Yahoo! Services.
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So unless your album is private it is free game too...
 
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