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Flickr gives anyone the ability to bulk change the license on their images to one that doesn't include commercial use. Just go to this page: https://www.flickr
by spullara 12y ago
Flickr gives anyone the ability to bulk change the license on their images to one that doesn't include commercial use. Just go to this page:
https://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/license/?from=privacy https://www.flickr.com/account/prefs/license/?from=privacy
Clearly the users that are upset didn't really understand the license that they chose.
- rsingel 12y agoSure, but once you've licensed the images under a certain CC license, you can't really go back. Yahoo will probably obey the user choice (as I think they should) but legally aren't under any obligation to do so.
- junto 12y agoI'm not sure. The user owns the content. If they decide to change the license then Yahoo has to pull those photos from the pool.
- icebraining 12y agoNope. That's the "irrevocable" part of the CC licenses (as well as in most FOSS licenses).
- declan 12y agoYep, Yahoo has said they will honor user choices and allow folks to opt-out by changing CC licenses. The November 20 announcement says: "Flickr members who don't want their CC-BY or CC-BY-SA photos to be eligible for sale as part of Flickr Wall Art can change the license (e.g. CC-BY-NC, etc.) and the images will be removed from the selection." https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157649323144986/page2/ https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157649323144986/pa... What's interesting is that CC licenses are irrevocable. So if a hypothetical GreatPhotoPrints.com bulk-downloaded CC-BY- and CC-BY-SA-licensed photos, they could continue to sell coffee mugs, t-shirts, posters, canvas prints, etc. -- even if the Flickr user changed the license later. (And of course if Yahoo ever became desperate for cash, they could reverse the current policy decision that currently permits opting out.)