Users can choose to release their work under any of the available Creative Commons licenses.
Similarly, Flickr users organized onsite protests against Microsoft's attempted buyout of Yahoo in 2008. Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody details the role played by Flickr in circulating photos of political protests in Belarus (p. However, Flickr has been notably used by activists to compile and publicize events. Data on how this user base is distributed worldwide remains unclear. As of late 2009, the site hosts over four billion images.Īccording to a Flickr staff member in mid-2009, the site had acquired 32+ million registered users. Notably, the site also allows for Creative Commons licensing support in its service, allowing creators to share certain rights for usage of their photos with others. Users can also create photo pools, which allow others to submit images into publicly available repositories. These photos are organized by user-submitted tags, which generate emergent folksonomies of thematically linked photos. Launched in 2004 and later acquired by Yahoo, Flickr is an image and video hosting website that allows users to post, share, and comment on each other's content. They have been used to illustrate articles in Wikipedia or help charities’ fund-raising campaigns. My photos have been used in classrooms, in books and on blogs. Making my photos available on flickr using a CC-license has made wonderful things happen. Flickr is a popular photo- and video-sharing site that has enabled Creative Commons licenses.
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