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Welcome to the Flickr Commons. Since launching in 2008 with the Library of Congress, the Flickr Commons has been sharing hidden treasures from the world’s photography archives, with over 100 members. Learn more
This Flickr Commons explorer is brought to you by the nonprofit Flickr Foundation. Our mission is to keep Flickr pictures visible for 100 years (including these ones). Find out more about us at
The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired; The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions; The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or.
The Flickr Commons is a special program that lives on flickr.com. It’s designed to support cultural organizations in sharing their photography collections with the public, and to help them gather new information added by interested Flickr members. The main benefits of Flickr Commons are:
“The Commons on Flickr” launched in 2008 with the Library of Congress (LOC) as its first partner. Since then, the Flickr Commons has grown into a unique collection of historical photography, with over 100 cultural institutions in 24 countries around the world participating. The program is now managed by the Flickr Foundation. Program objectives
The Commons is a feature of Flickr that permits various institutions to submit collections of photographs to Flickr subject to the terms below. Most notably, institutions that submit photos to Flickr must do so only after representing to Yahoo! that the photos are not associated with any known copyright restrictions that prevent an institution ...
Nov 1, 2021 · September 19, 2023. Flickr is thrilled to announce a new partnership between the Flickr Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation to develop a new software tool for streamlined sharing of CC-licensed images from Flickr to Wikimedia Commons.
