Comments on: Don’t use Flickr for commercial purposes

By: Josi

Josi — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:27:10 +0000

I’ve researched this as well, and the responses I’ve gotten are a little different for my posts for a very specific reason-

the photos do not contain the images of what is for sale, because the finished pieces for sale – only the instructions on how to make them. This ends up being a strange fine line, that gets exploited completely by websites like ravelry.com – where Flickr is completely integrated, and Flickr images are hotlinked into Ravelry, including the pages where the pattern is for sale.

As a result, I could just as easily link to the Ravelry page where the pattern is for sale, because the developers of Ravelry are doing so in coordination with Flickr.

By: sugarpunk

sugarpunk — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:06:51 +0000

Whoa – guess I never read the terms properly… thanks!

By: SylvChezPlum

SylvChezPlum — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:50:00 +0000

Great job to ask those questions to flickr.. I knew about this issue ( although I didn’t know they’d terminate accounts that quickly )and thus only give my web site and etsy shop details in my profile.

But I do give details for free knitting patterns or other freebies. I just had a comment (linking to here) on one of those pics : would that mean it’s also wrong to give the url of my free patterns because they’re located on a website where I also sell other patterns ?
just in case, this in the pic in question:http://www.flickr.com/photos/27573937@N00/2068924283/

Now I’m really wondering !! :-P

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:33:12 +0000

Thanks you also for posting this.

I had not realised how strict the flickr guidelines were and had Just (as in that night) posted a link to etsy when I heard about this.

I’m adjusting my posts accordingly.

By: esther

esther — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:26:28 +0000

But there is even a grouppool ‘for sale’. How strange!

By: Ahna

Ahna — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 07:59:44 +0000

Ugh! 128 photos edited! What a job.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:35:02 +0000

Wow, I had no idea you couldn’t link to sales on Flickr. Probably 1 out of every 5 photos I look at link to sales. I actually like that people do that–its a way I find out about other people’s shops and stuff they make. I wonder what happens to the Etsy group…? Thanks for the info. Very informative!

By: makingtime

makingtime — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:50:10 +0000

well, they are making sales from the photos, and putting prices on the pages, so from what the Flickr staffperson says it’s obviously breaking the rules. i would say move the group and it’s members AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to one of the suggested groups from avital above.

i’d say tell your group about these issues, and get the admin to email all asking them to register for another place as soon as possible. warn everyone to remove prices from the photos as soon as possible!
when flickr deletes your account they remove all the photos, your login, and your yahoo login. those groups are probably kind of dangerous, making it easier for flickr to find you!

i think the craftspeople who like flickr for sales like the fact that there is a certain focused demographic in flickr. so, what we need to do is migrate the sales to more friendly environment, and bring the group with us.

By: karrie

karrie — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:04:18 +0000

Does this mean that the destash/restash photo pool mentioned here is actually not legal?

By: angrychicken

angrychicken — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:48:53 +0000

wow.I had no idea! thanks so much for this info-