Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FlickR is not cloud storage - that was my point. Marty On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to disagree with Chris on this. Storing your images up in the > cloud isn't necessarily a bad thing. I would not put them on a photo site > however and I wouldn't rely on putting them just in the cloud. Dual back > local storage and a drive stored off-site seems about right to me. I have > two Drobos for storage. I have started to put high-value archival images up > in the cloud, but I don't put them on a photo site. They go up encrypted > and > they come down the same way. It seems to work reasonably well. > > Adam Bridge > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at > chriscrawfordphoto.com >> wrote: > >> Agreed. Full-res images should never be put online anyway. Even if you >> don't >> allow the full-size file to be viewed/downloaded by Flickr users, the file >> is still on their servers' hard drives. You don't want your files in >> someone >> else's hands because they could, as we have seen, delete them or they >> could >> use them commercially without your permission. >> >> You want them on hard drives you own and for the web, you upload small >> versions like the ones I use on my website. >> >> >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-486-2581 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My portfolio >> >> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com ?My latest work! >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Become a fan on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 2/2/11 6:33 PM, "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > The work and metadata loss is regrettable, but anyone who uses a site >> > like FlickR to actually STORE their images is foolish. ?Some people >> > gget what they ask for, some people ask for what they get. ?I have >> > everything digital on duplicate hard drives and duplicate archival >> > DVDs, stored in three different places. ?I occasionally wonder if >> > that's sufficient . . . >> > >> > Marty >> > >> > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM, bill pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> >> > wrote: >> >> Oh, great! The guy gets his photos nuked, gets a halfhearted apology, >> and 25 >> >> years free service. Imagine, will they even be in business even ten >> years in >> >> the future? Would you trust them again? >> >> >> >> Oh, well, that's what the guy gets for depending on someone else to >> >> keep >> his >> >> "valuable" photos somewhere else. Better thsy should buy him a box of >> >> portable hard drives. >> >> >> >> Bill Pearce >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at >> >> gmail.com> >> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:07 PM >> >> Subject: [Leica] Flickr accidentally nukes user's 4,000 photos >> >> >> >> >> >>> NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It's every Flickr addict's worst nightmare: One >> >>> day, >> >>> the vast photo archive you've uploaded and annotated for years >> >>> suddenly >> >>> vanishes. It happened this week to Mirco Wilhelm, when a Flickr staff >> >>> member >> >>> accidentally deleted his five-year old account, wiping out 4,000 >> photos. >> >>> >> >>> more here: >> >>> >> >>> http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/02/technology/flickr_deletes_account/ >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Regards, >> >>> >> >>> Sonny >> >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >> >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >>> >> >>> USA >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >