Comments on: FS Weekly News #5: The Week’s Best Photo/Video Related Stories

By: Joshua Gaede

Joshua Gaede — Sat, 14 May 2011 09:36:00 +0000

what bugged me about the article is that the word selling. Selling pictures without my go ahead is stealing point blank. if you are making a profit from my images without my consent then yes that, to me is stealing. Moving them around flickr, such as the explore page, and so forth is not what im considering stealing. Lets say i take an amazing shot of a bald eagle snatching a baby and they sell that image to a magazine or a publisher without my consent that would make me want to e-pimp slap some people.

By: Jason Keeley

Jason Keeley — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:49:00 +0000

I watched the part of him slipping over and over. Too funny…

By: Chad Westover

Chad Westover — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:39:00 +0000

Flickr doesn’t think they’re stealing your images: http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/05/13/at-flickr-your-photos-are-always-yours/

You have to consider the fact that for any of these photo sharing sites to function, you have to grant them the right to your pictures. Seriously, the idea is that these are photo “sharing” sites. And I’m not talking about them selling your pictures to advertisers, I’m talking about Flickr having the right to put your picture on Explore or use on some other part of the site. Kinda defeats the purpose of a photo sharing site if there is no license to do so.

By: Joshua Gaede

Joshua Gaede — Fri, 13 May 2011 17:42:00 +0000

yahoo hasnt had their stuff together since the mid 90′s. their messenger, mail, everything has lacked behind in technology. Them holding back flickr is horrible. If instagram would of went non web based i think it would of swept flickr off their rocker. im not a big instagram fanatic because its not as simple as flickr to upload and share my stuff. now im not sure if i want to post my images on any social site (besides forums like fstoppers) because everyone wants to use your work for their gain. ive heard of companies using flickr to contact the actual photographer and use their work. i can only imagine how many companies just use sites like this as a stock image farm. i am going to keep my fingers crossed for flickr and just keep uploading portraits because only i have the model releases hahahaha. its not much of a deterrent but its something lol (grr this logged me into the wrong twitter lol)

By: Kenn Tam

Kenn Tam — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:30:00 +0000

Really? The walk way to the ruins branches off to the right just before you get there and thats where the haunted hotel/amusement park is. It also has a very spooky overgrown waterslide and lots of rooms that were never used but furnished.

By: Stefan Choquette

Stefan Choquette — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:10:00 +0000

I lived there visited the castle never heard about the haunted hotel. I did visit a haunted amusement park in Korea. It was really freaky the event room was all set up for a wedding. White china and white cloth everywhere totally abandoned and a creepy water slide. Found some graves in the back as well.

By: Stefan Choquette

Stefan Choquette — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Blame Yahoo. They’ve been holding Flickr back for years and have talked about disbanding it for financial reasons. The latest Yahoo CEO is dumb.

By: Stefan Choquette

Stefan Choquette — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:02:00 +0000

Good video. You should find the video of the aftermath with the bride’s mother.

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Thu, 12 May 2011 18:01:00 +0000

My thought was we should ask them why on Twitter but Corey held me back. Such a strange decision on their part :/

By: Lee Morris

Lee Morris — Thu, 12 May 2011 17:54:00 +0000

FYI Flickr pulled our contest for some unknown reason. We are trying to figure out why