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By no consultation or warning I mean that the Internet Archive did not consult users of the resource or give any warning that they would be deleting it. https:

by johtso 5y ago

By no consultation or warning I mean that the Internet Archive did not consult users of the resource or give any warning that they would be deleting it. https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157720510495566/#reply72157720510889176 https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157720510495566/#r... "The Internet Archive Book Images recently deleted their Flickr account. >Flickr and Internet Archive were in agreement on this< because:" https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157720510495566/#reply72157720592940520 https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157720510495566/#r... "Hey, all. We're sorry for what seems like a sudden removal of the Internet Archive account. This decision came after weeks of conversation and coordination with the Internet Archive."

tempnow987 5y ago
I believe most of the images are still available directly from IA. For many with lighter copyright you can certainly host them elsewhere as well.
- johtso 5y ago
  The real issues are: 1. All the lost metadata. By making the images available on Flickr users were unearthing the interesting images from the 5 million plus collection and creating all sorts of valuable metadata. 2. There is no way to explore the images as they are stored on IA. At a certain point if the data can't be explored it may as well not be available.