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Old 01-17-2010, 04:47 PM
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You have to keep in mind that flickr is a photo sharing website. Everything about the site from the groups, to the commenting, tagging, and API are designed to make your photographs accessible to other people. They do provide users ways to limit the exposure of their photographs and users should make an effort to familiarize themselves with them. But it always strikes me as odd when a user uploads pictures to a site that is designed to put them in front of as many eyes as possible then complain when they see their picture on another site. Of course newspapers should make sure that they have the proper rights to use an image, but I think the bottom line is that if flickr users don't want their images showing up on others sites, they need to disable the API or make them private.
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