Do you enjoy taking photos? Have you taken photos that are noteworthy of sharing with others? Want to share your talent of photography and current interests with the world? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then becoming an active Flickr user is the smart way to go for you. In signing up with Flickr, users are able to post a plethora of pictures onto an online account where others can view, comment, and use for their own use. Now I know what many of you may be thinking, what about copy right laws? How can I protect my own work, yet share it with the public? Well Creative Commons Licensing for Flickr has attacked these issues to protect individual rights on photographs with various agreements that will meet all users needs. Are you a person who wants to share your photos with others, but want that photo to remain as is and your name to always be on it? Then this agreement is right for you. Users can see and print your photo, but it must remain in tact without revision and may not be used commercially.
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike- If you want others to not only see your photo, but to revise it and tweak it noncommercially, then this agreement is right for you. Users may revise your photo; however, your name will be copyrighted not only on the original version, but the revised version as well under the exact same terms.
Attribution-NonCommerical- In this license agreement, users can revise and tweak your photo noncommercially. Although your name will be copyrighted on the original, the new user must mention you in their new work but they do not have to license their new work under the same terms.
Attribution-NoDerivs- With this licensing agreement, your photo can be redistributed commercially or noncommercially as long as the photo remains in its original state and credit is given to the creator.
Attribution-ShareAlike- In this license agreement, users can tweak and revise your photo for commercial and noncommercial purposes as long as they give credit to the original publisher on all derivatives and follow the exact same terms as the original.
Attribution- This agreement is noted for the most accommodating of all licenses. In this agreement, users can redistribute, revise or tweak the original work commercially or noncommercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.
As you can see, there are a variety of license agreements that Flickr users can choose from to meet the needs of all users. Creative Commons Licensing ensures that your photos are viewed, yet protected to the users protection of choice.
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