Flickr is a fantastic on-line photo community and a great way to share your images with the world, however 'sharing' should not be confused with stealing! Sadly the theft of images from Flickr is on the increase, often by commercial companies who use software designed to search the image database and download your pictures. To avoid this you can do several things:
1 - Stop uploading large image files! Make them no bigger than club digital projection size (768 pixels at the longest edge).
2 - Change the 'Privacy & Permissions' settings in your Flickr account. This gives you control over who can download your pictures (my comments in brackets):
• Only you (obviously OK!)
• Your Friends and/or Family (your choice, probably fine for most people)
• Your contacts (again up to you, but check people who make you a contact carefully before accepting them)
• Any Flickr user (unwise)
• Anyone (Astonishingly, Flick actually recommend this option (!) but most Flickr users would say it is most definitely NOT recommended!)
Go through the other Privacy & Permissions settings carefully to make sure you are happy with them.
The Aperture Woolwich blog - If your Flickr photo is tagged with 'Aperture Woolwich' it will appear in the little flickr slideshow window on our blog. However if you change your Flickr 'Who can blog your pictures' permissions from 'Any flickr member' to any of the other options, your images won't appear on our blog or anyone else's.
Finally, a new item has recently appeared in the Flickr Privacy & Permissions settings:
Make your photos eligible for invitation by Getty Images?
Flickr have cut a deal with the Getty stock image library business to allow them to scour the database for images they can offer for sale. Currently there is a lot of controversy about this and much confusion over copyright and how much control you will have over the use of your images if you sign a contract with Getty. So, at least until this issue is clarified it is advisable to opt out of this by changing the setting from the default 'YES' (naughty of them eh!) by clicking edit and un-ticking the box.
Related links that may be of interest:
A Flickr members personal decision: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jann/3233283114/
Getty & Flickr: http://www.pdnpulse.com/2008/07/getty-and-flick.html
Flickr member who's images was stolen: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63263430@N00/3184792040
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