Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/24

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Subject: [Leica] Stolen Flickr Photos
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue Jun 24 11:29:47 2008
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At 02:12 PM 6/24/2008, you wrote:
Yes, they just changed the wording after many people 
complained.  Flickr is still the site where most stolen photos 
originate, though.  There are many examples like this one:
>http://www.switched.com/2007/09/21/virgin-mobile-steals-teens-flickr-photo-for-ad/
>Tina

Speaking of which, I just got an email about this recent development 
on Flickr.  Some people think it is perfectly legal to download and 
profit from any photo on the internet.  Here is the Guardian's 
article about it:

http://tinyurl.com/4agusk

Tina

Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
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