Hello,
One problem when checking licenses of images coming from Flickr is some users provide the static link to the image on Flickr, instead of the description page showing the license. That makes the verification very difficult because you have to search Flickr images hoping you'll find the good tag that will lead you to the good image.
I've contacted the Flickr support team to know if there was a tool or a special page to help finding the description page from the static link. Their answer is below and it seems to work. I hope it will help.
Cheers! Guillaume
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Flickr Support case202439@support.flickr.com Date: 29 Jan 2007 20:41:51 +0000 Subject: [Flickr Case 202439] Re: Other Issues To: guillom.pom@gmail.com
Hi there,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you -- we're swamped!
You can find the original photo page thusly:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/357298706_b406a56e06.jpg
to:
http://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=357298706
Hope this helps!
Cheers, Ben