Using Flickr 'All Rights Reserved' images on website

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If using the Flickr API to get images from Flickr to display on a website, what is your opinion on using images marked as 'all rights reserved'? Images are for use in a small 3x3 image module to sit on various pages of this particular website (non-commercial, but big).

This is a slightly random question, but i thought i'd try here anyway :)


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What's to have an opinion about? All rights reserved means you obtain permission from the photographer before using their image. End of.

Am I missing something?
 
SimonH said:
What's to have an opinion about? All rights reserved means you obtain permission from the photographer before using their image. End of.

Am I missing something?
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Spot on... all rights are reserved therefore you get specific permission from the photographer to use their images
 
Terms for using the Flickr API.
1. a. ii. says you must respect the copyright setting people have applied to their images.

Which is odd because going by that you shouldn't be able to display anything anywhere without permission - yet sites like Fluidr exist. It seems to undermine the very existence of the image displaying parts of the API except for showing people their own photos.
 
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SimonH said:
What's to have an opinion about? All rights reserved means you obtain permission from the photographer before using their image. End of.

Am I missing something?
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Yes, this is 100% my opinion on this. However, that is not how the vast majority of people seem to see it. If you look at sites using the API, they all seem to just take any photos they like!

It seems odd that Flickr even let you take images through their API that are marked as 'all rights reserved'.
 
If people are taking copyrighted images and using them without obtaining the appropriate permissions, I'd consider this a potential revenue stream via litigation. Ignorance of the law does not function as a legal defence.
 
You need to remember however that the terms and conditions of flickr allow for the use of API searches and display modules, however remember you do also have the option to opt out of having your images searchable/appearing in API search terms :thumbs:
 
Copyright infringement is theft full stop.... All rights reserved dictates to seek permission or you guilty of theft
 
MWHCVT said:
You need to remember however that the terms and conditions of flickr allow for the use of API searches and display modules, however remember you do also have the option to opt out of having your images searchable/appearing in API search terms :thumbs:
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This, if the user has not opted out then the images they put up on Flickr are available to be used via the API ad per the terms. No copyright infringement at all.
 
Not so. Just because an image owner doesn't opt out of an API feature doesn't mean they have surrendered their image rights. Just because you CAN retrieve an image via the API does not mean that copyright law doesn't apply to you.

You must distinguish between the mechanisms which facilitate image usage and the legal rights you have to do it.
 
SimonH said:
Not so. Just because an image owner doesn't opt out of an API feature doesn't mean they have surrendered their image rights. Just because you CAN retrieve an image via the API does not mean that copyright law doesn't apply to you.

You must distinguish between the mechanisms which facilitate image usage and the legal rights you have to do it.
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We are not saying your surrendering your rights though, the API Search only allows for small versions of the image to be shown and the always link directly to your image on Flickr :) nobody is giving anything away
 
MWHCVT said:
We are not saying your surrendering your rights though, the API Search only allows for small versions of the image to be shown and the always link directly to your image on Flickr :) nobody is giving anything away
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Ahh, then I misunderstood the thrust of what you were saying. :)
 
No infringement, the licence gives Flickr the right to provide the image in API searches.
 
The mechanics of the web mean that flickr physically cannot function if they are not allowed to serve the image via a web browser or other API.
 
The API can just give you URL to the .jpg's. Whether you link back to the actual image page on Flickr, or whether you show any info about the photographer is up to you.
 
Well i just found my picture is still on Bing and Google yet i have taken it from flicker (wasn't a great picture)
 
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