If that’s you, I’d advise that from here onwards you keep really, really good records. Many use Flickr as a useful resource for ‘free to use’ images. Will photographers comply before the deadline? Will any miss the news, and suddenly find Flickr has unilaterally deleted their work? What might the legal consequences be?Ĭertainly, if some of your own photos are currently on Flickr, I’d advise you take a close look at your account and check whether you’re going to be exceeding the 1,000 image limit, either now or in the near future. Off the top of my head I can’t think of any other online service provider who has deleted someone else’s copyright materials, after promising such a huge amount of free storage. Yep, that’s right, your photos will actually begin to disappear from the Flickr site, unless you take action to reduce the numbers or upgrade. That Terabyte of data is no longer going to be available free of charge, but will instead be reduced down to just 1,000 images unless you sign up for Flickr’s Pro account, which involves paying a subscription.īut here’s the urgent part: if by 8th January 2019 you don’t upgrade or reduce your account to fewer than 1,000 photos, then beginning from February 2019 Flickr will start to DELETE your photos for you! If you’re a user of Flickr photos, the burden of proof is with you to show that you’re not breaching copyright, so there are steps you need to take now, too. Photographers and other providers of images are the people who will see the really dramatic changes and need to take urgent action before 8th January 2019. What’s changing, and why does it matter to you? In recent years this has been as much as 1 Terabyte of data, a huge amount of valuable space!īut now this is now changing following Yahoo’s sale of Flickr to SmugMug not long ago. A quick post from me today, as some changes are taking place over at the photo service Flickr, which will be relevant to many.įlickr has long offered generous data storage to all photographers (and other providers of images) who choose to use the service.
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