Comments on: An Update on Edelson Flores’ Account Deletion on Flickr

By: The Nuclear Option « Mexile 365

The Nuclear Option « Mexile 365 — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:36:11 +0000

[...] But most are interesting enough regardless. One issue that he highlights (click here and here for a couple of examples) is the ‘nuking’ of Flickr accounts – users having their [...]

By: Omsel

Omsel — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:37:00 +0000

TH i find your most public admonishment by Heather to be extrordinary… its like the ultimate finger pointing.

First we gloat about a history of free speech….then we censor you from the forums in the next paragraph.

Its all too sadly funny…

By: Lea

Lea — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:36:49 +0000

There is a solution to be sure that your photo will never be deleted by a third party : use your own server. If you don’t know how, try opera unite… At least everything stay on your computer so no negotiation needed!

Good Luck..

By: emdot

emdot — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:08:14 +0000

Sounds like they honestly and openly communicated how they feel about you, TH. So they should get kudos for that. (Not joking; I mean that.)

I do hope Flickr figures out a way to a.) reinstate accounts and b.) let people know when their account is in jeopardy. It seems like the least they could do actually.

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:32:06 +0000

David, unfortunately it does mean that. Hopefully Flickr would give more thought into deleting a Getty contributor and ruining that real dollars and cents business, but a Flickr deletion very much could damage their business. The sad thing about it though is that when we sign up for Flickr we agree to their TOS which says pretty much that they can delete our accounts for whatever the hell reason they want, and so although I’m not aware of a Getty contributor being deleted yet I’m afraid that there would be no legal recourse over something like this even if it hurt their business.

It’s too bad really.

By: David Sanger

David Sanger — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:50:01 +0000

So where does this leave Flickr members who contribute images through the Flickr/Getty connection?

Can their images be summarily deleted and would that not damage their business?

By: Weekend Perusing: Santorini #130 | Your Photo Tips

Weekend Perusing: Santorini #130 | Your Photo Tips — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:49:34 +0000

[...] again Flickr has it’s users in an uproar. Thomas Hawk reports an update to Edelson Flores’ account deletion from Flickr. This is certainly not the first time this has happened and don’t expect it to be the [...]

By: Ulrich

Ulrich — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:01:31 +0000

Free speech being called ‘abusive behaviour’.
This is how it begins.

By: cj gordon

cj gordon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:29:34 +0000

My suggestion is to try Zooomr.Much better than Flickr.If you use them as a host in my opinion the reproduction to your site is better than Flickr.Quite happy with the service over there so far.

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:46:31 +0000

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