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I was a heavy Flikr user for quite a long time; until the new laws were pushed (in the UK at least) to allow the likes of google to declare 'untraceable' images
by buserror 10y ago
I was a heavy Flikr user for quite a long time; until the new laws were pushed (in the UK at least) to allow the likes of google to declare 'untraceable' images as fair game for their own business needs.
It's now too easy for corporation to rip off the work of photographers, so I removed the content I had online, and will only post the odd photo to my G+ these days. Not the 'stream' of stuff I used to do with Flikr back then.
- coldtea 10y agoI think you are worrying over a far-fetched possibility...
- lightedman 10y agoI've done plenty of work in the UK. It's nowhere near far-fetched, it is in fact sad reality.
- coldtea 10y agoIt's a sad reality that Google or companies like that will use YOUR (or anyone's) images without a license and you can't sue them? What laws are these? Because the UK has signed the same international copyright treaties as US and most of Europe etc.
- lightedman 10y agoThey're laws that don't get enforced because the companies are simply too large and can get away with it. It's more effective and more profitable for the court systems to go after the smaller 'offenders.'