Flickr

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Flickr is an online photo and video management and sharing application. Users can store, sort, search and share photos. Along with creating a large or small portfolio or photo album, you can add dialogue and tell stories about the photos you have taken. There is a free version, as well as, a subscription version. Members can create work which can be used by many, and can be licensed under Creative Commons. If a photo is not registered with a license agreement, the one who wants to use the photo must contact the member for permission to use directly. Flickr is partnered with Getty Images who will review the image and determine whether licensing can be done through them. There are Apps and mobile Apps for this site and connection to Facebook and Twitter.

As a member with an account you can track your “recent activity” and review comments, messages. Contact between members is available within the site. If there are inappropriate usages and abuse, Flickr provides information on how to Report Abuse ([] ).

Flickr’s site provides multi-language translations and uses their ability for advertisers and publishers to use the site for their purposes ([]).

Flickr is associated with Yahoo and in terms of copyright and Intellectual property they are directly connected to the Yahoo policies []). //Working with Creative Commons// ([] )

Working with creative Commons comes with means with varying selections under Creative Commons (e.g. Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works, and Share Alike. On Flickr you have the ability to license your photostream under Creative Commons.

References Yahoo. (2013). //Flickr from Yahoo//. Retrieved December 27, 2012 from []