Author Topic: Is Flickr Selling Your Images as Wall Art? (Read 12311 times)

MarcvsTvllivs · « **Reply #25 on:** December 19, 2014, 05:16 »

Quote from: ShadySue on December 18, 2014, 18:14

Interesting they'd rather refund the sales than share the proceeds with the authors.

Not that I disagree with what's been said here about Flickr and Yahoo, but I think refunding the sales is a good gesture. Actually paying out to the authors is not as easy as you'd think -- Flickr has no reliable identity or payment data in most cases.

Hobostocker · « **Reply #26 on:** December 19, 2014, 21:18 »

Quote from: MarcvsTvllivs on December 19, 2014, 05:16

Flickr has no reliable identity or payment data in most cases.

this fiasco clearly shows their management is totally clueless and completely downplayed all the legal requirements needed to sell photos online, IP infringement, copyright, licencing, and all.

from a company worth billions you would expect much more and instead they're acting like a fly by night operation trying to make money out of piracy and dodgy deals just like youtube and so many others in the so called user-generated-content (UGC) industry.

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #27 on:** December 20, 2014, 09:51 »

Quote from: Hobostocker on December 19, 2014, 21:18

Quote from: MarcvsTvllivs on December 19, 2014, 05:16
Flickr has no reliable identity or payment data in most cases.

this fiasco clearly shows their management is totally clueless and completely downplayed all the legal requirements needed to sell photos online, IP infringement, copyright, licencing, and all.

from a company worth billions you would expect much more and instead they're acting like a fly by night operation trying to make money out of piracy and dodgy deals just like youtube and so many others in the so called user-generated-content (UGC) industry.

Clueless or arrogant?

I think the attitude of a lot of companies these days is it's better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.

They just do what they want. If it goes well, great. If it doesn't go well they turn on the PR machine, do some damage control, everybody eventually forgives and forgets, and life goes on.

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