Flickr is notorious for selling users' photos

Last week, Flickr announced it would sell prints of photos posted to the photo-sharing network. However, some photographers expressed disagreement when Yahoo's photo-sharing network sold their "donated" photos to the community for free.

Currently, some photos posted to Flickr are authored by Creative Commons - photos donated by the author to the community for free (although there are still certain restrictions on copyright) ). What makes Flickr so special is to blame that the photo-sharing social network will sell the prints of the photos and collect . 100% profit.

Previously, Flickr announced it would sell the print version of the photo posted on the sharing site and divide the profit by 51% for the authors. When some users discovered that their "free" photo prints were sold and collected by Flickr, the photo sharing site was immediately criticized as "collecting money by taking advantage of the community." ".

This is not the first time Flickr has been involved in copyright disputes for photos posted on this social network. In 2007, carrier Virgin Mobile was sued by a person for using Creative Commons photos posted on Flickr as a promotional image. The third-largest US operator claimed to have the right to use the photo, but the woman in the photo retorted to Virgin for using her image without permission.

Not all photographers are against Flickr's actions. 8 out of 14 Yahoo contacted photographers then agreed with Flickr's decision. Bernardo Hernandez, Yahoo's vice president, who is directly in charge of Flickr, said in a statement to Cnet that the sharing site allows users to specify when their photos are not intended for use. trade. Users also have the right to withdraw from Creative Commons if desired.