“A lot of people have reached out to us directly and asked what we can do. “Many users are concerned such a limit on free account capacity might cause millions of CC images to be deleted from the Commons,” writes Ryan Merkley, CEO at Creative Commons, in a blog post. For example, many creators make their photos freely available under the condition that their name and a link to their profile or to the original work is also cited.įlickr has been a longtime partner with Creative Commons, and today makes millions of photos available through its site under the various license types.īut with Flickr’s plans to reduce storage, some are concerned what this means for this valuable resource of legally free-to-use photos. nonprofit that helps make creative works - like photos - available for legal use through several different types of copyright licenses that respect how creators want to share their work.
Following yesterday’s series of announcements about Flickr’s plans to revamp its site under its new owners, SmugMug, one major concern has been raised: its decision to now limit free accounts to 1,000 photos may impact the number of photos available through Creative Commons.Ĭreative Commons is a U.S.
0 kommentar(er)
