[cc-community] Non-evil alternative to Flickr?
drew Roberts
zotz at 100jamz.com
Wed Jun 4 22:55:58 EDT 2008
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:29:40 Chris Watkins wrote:
> I want to share my photos, and use CC licenses. I'd prefer not to use
> Flickr (or any other Yahoo service) due to their shameful behavior, helping
> to hand over to the Chinese government those who dared to criticize
> it<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21#Work_in_China>.
>
>
> At the same time, a one-person boycott is pointless and I need to find a
> place to share my photos. I did blog about this
> question<http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchrisw
>aterguy.livejournal.com%2F14550.html&ei=mklHSK2XKob6pgTq0IS4BA&usg=AFQjCNHnX
>FQBjTKsigItbvdnEg286bNEnQ&sig2=AfY7Y07pZWzmRAllgSD_Og>but didn't get any
> suggestions.
>
> http://fffff.at/fuckflickr-info sums it up pithily but I don't think I want
> to point my friends and family at that url. But if someone set up as a
> competitor to Flickr, using that (open source) software, and making it
> possible to tag with CC licenses, that would be tempting.
I don't know much about flickr, but I have had some of my photos here:
http://openphoto.net/gallery/index.html?user_id=178
for a while and some more here:
http://ourmedia.org/user/17145/links
>
> Of course as the various social media are becoming more interconnected
> these days, there wouldneed to be some kind of open protocol that would
> enable one's photos to be easily shared on Facebook, friendfeed etc, if
> they were to have a hope of providing a realistic alternative.
>
> Any ideas? I suspect there is no real alternative but I don't want to give
> up without a final attempt to find one.
Perhaps one of the links above would serve your needs?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Btw, I really appreciate the great answers to questions I've asked on the
> list in recent months and I've read them all, even if i haven't responded
> yet.
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Watkins (a.k.a. Chriswaterguy)
all the best,
drew
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