[Web4lib] flickr

[Havens,Andy]

I would also suggest caution in terms of how much use you make of Flickr
for truly "professional" purposes. On the guidelines page
(http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne), it makes it clear that the
service is for personal use:

	Don't use Flickr for commercial purposes: Flickr is for personal
use only. If we find you selling products, services, or yourself through
your photostream, we will terminate your account. Any other commercial
use of Flickr, Flickr technologies (including APIs, FlickrMail, etc), or
Flickr accounts must be approved by Flickr. For more information on
leveraging Flickr APIs, please see our Services page. If you have other
open questions about commercial usage of Flickr, please feel free to
contact us. 

I'm not sure if "job related" or "professional" equates entirely to
"commercial," and I also don't know how they'd feel about librarys,
not-for-profits, etc. doing stuff as opposed to truly commercial
entities. But before building an actual working, reference or help
application that relies on Flickr photo-hosting... an email to the
"contact us" people might prevent future complications.



- A
Andy Havens
OCLC: Manager, Branding and Creative Services

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Raumin "Ray"
Dehghan
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 10:40 AM
To: web4lib
Subject: [Web4lib] flickr

Colleagues:

   I was inquiring as to any advantages and disadvantages in any
library's experiences with Flickr - it would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Raumin "Ray" Dehghan
West Chicago Public Library
West Chicago, Illinois
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