That is why we have Jimmy and his contacts at Flickr. :) Seriously, I am sure Jimbo can ask them and they might allow us to do this.
Relation to an en-wiki situation: "Group" Accounts aren't normally allowed, but they can be used if they are approved by the community. We want the same thing here.
Casey Brown Cbrown1023
-----Original Message----- From: commons-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Brown Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:19 AM To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List Subject: Re: [Commons-l] Use Flickr? (was: My Photo Was Reused (God or BadNews?))
On 7/7/07, Brianna Laugher brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
Flickr is geared towards people uploading their own work. It might be worth checking if there is something in the TOS against uploading others' work (regardless or whether or not license terms allow it).
It is against a term in the Community Guidelines (http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne) that are referenced in the TOS. The relevant section is:
| * Don't upload anything that isn't yours. | This includes other people's photographs and/or stuff that you've collected from around the | Internet. Accounts that consist primarily of such collections may be terminated at any time.
This is spottily enforced, but a single account publishing large quantities of our content would be a definite violation.
-Matt
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