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Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license. Here are some recently added bits and pieces: Attribution (CC BY 2.0)
- Cc0
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- Find Your Inspiration
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- Photo Sharing
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- Cc-By-Sa
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- Creative Commons
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- The Commons
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- Cc0
Creative Commons licenses (CC) allow you to retain control over your images and give you more choices as to how they can be used. Check out their website for more information on the different types of Creative Commons licenses. You can set a default license for future uploads in your account settings, or change the license on existing content.
- Questionable Flickr Images
- Public Domain Mark
- The Commons on Flickr
- Searching Flickr
- Changing Licenses
Some Flickr users may upload images they don't have the rights to and then incorrectly license those images as free. When Commons users with Flickr accounts do this in an attempt to upload non-free photos to Commons, this is known as "Flickr washing". Commons:Questionable Flickr imageslists Flickr users and discussions where we have concluded that ...
The Public Domain Mark (PDM) is a tool made by Creative Commons to mark works that are already known to be part of the public domain, but it does not specify why those works are in the public domain. Some photographers mark their own photographs with the PDM, believing that they are releasing their work into the public domain. After multiple discus...
The Commons on Flickr hosts a number of files from various institutions that state that they have "No known copyright restrictions". What this means for Wikimedia Commons is unclear, and be aware that some institutions (such as the Smithsonian Institution's Terms of Use) flatly contradict “No known copyright restrictions”, asserting copyright and “...
A great way of finding images on Flickr that can be uploaded to Commons is by using their search tools. You can start on a simple search(limited to freely licensed images), then enter a query. Or, on the Advanced Search screen, select the "Any license" option and then choose "Commercial use & mods allowed" from the menu so that the setting reads "C...
If a file on Flickr is not licensed under CC-BY (Attribution) or CC-BY-SA (Attribution and Share Alike) or CC0 (Public Domain Dedication) or marked with the Public Domain Mark, it is usually not allowed on Commons. However, because a copyright holder can change the license of their work, asking them to release their image under a Commons-compatible...
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Perform a standard search, click the ‘ Any license ‘ dropdown on the top left and hit ‘ No known copyright restrictions ‘. Flickr search – ‘No known copyright restrictions’. How might you use...
Sep 8, 2021 · The most frequently used type of Creative Commons license on Flickr (by number of photos) is the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA). This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the ...
