flickr.com — In an ironic twist for a consumer advocacy blog, Consumerist.com is caught using Flickr photos without giving proper attribution, links or following the licenses or terms of use for the images. "...this policy would be more trouble than it's worth. If people want credit, they can ask for it."
Feb 14, 2007 View in Crawl 4
jugalatorFeb 15, 2007
"its ok to download music without permission, yet you all get your panties in a bunch if someone takes a photo."I'm a Swede and I'll just say: <a class="user" href="http://www.copyswede.se/default.asp?ML=2948">http://www.copyswede.se/default.asp?ML=2948</a>
fatdog789Feb 15, 2007
Now that you've apologized for the Flickr crap, how about apologizing for the loads of inaccurate, sensationalist bulls**t you put up on your website?Most of consumerist is people bitching about getting screwed, when they didn't even bother to read their goddamn contract, or don't have a clue about the constraints of the technology or hardware, etc.It's like...Fox News for consumers. (That's not a compliment).
ahknightFeb 15, 2007
It's good that you could care less. We can all care less about this. I'd be worried if you _couldn't_ care less. That'd be a shame. Glad to see that's not the case.//It's a nit-picking joke. If you don't get it, just move on.
silencebrokenFeb 15, 2007
randyzaia is right. These people shouldn't be jumping on The Consumerist if they are are doing the same doggone thing by pirating their music.As for me, I don't have any pirated music. So I can call The Consumerist a hypocrite as much as I want. : )
dreadswordFeb 15, 2007
The CC licensing thing is sort of annoying b/c its not universally applied. Some people take the time to license their photos, but the vast majority don't - meaning that people that would be perfectly happy to see their photo get some air time miss out on the chance unless you go through the process of individually contact people.Try some advanced searches in Flickr for CC licenses vs. non-licensed photos.
Closed AccountFeb 15, 2007
We are a jerkface. = Damage control.Popken, your apology couldn't be any less transparently insincere.
ironsamFeb 16, 2007
On a side note, it is interesting how The Consumerist is trying defend the little guy from large corporations' lack of ethics, accountability, etc when those same corporations are providing a majority of the "little guys" with a paycheck every week.
phoenixpcdFeb 25, 2007
That only works if the are hotlinking your photos. The Consumerist upoads the photos they steal onto their own servers then edit out things they don't like or need.
phoenixpcdFeb 25, 2007
"Actually, if you run a website, you can have fun with sites stealing your photos. I did this when I discovered a ton of photos showing up on MySpace.com. rather than getting upset at people stealing the images, I programmed my server to turn the images into ads instead! it's much better and productive."That only works if the are hot-linking your photos. The Consumerist uploads the photos they steal onto their own servers then edit out things they don't like or need.