"artist" using other peoples flickr photos for an installation

baj2k wrote in post #13726587
On sites like Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, etc. you are not the customer, you are the product. Keep that in mind whenever you join a site that's free of charge that allows you to do stuff that costs the site owners money. They need to recoop that somehow so, if they can't sell something to you then they will sell you to their real customers...

You're accusing Flickr of selling the photographs to this guy now?

Flickr's free account is limited. You pay to get the full benefits. This is typical for most places. There's absolutely nothing to suggest that Flickr sold the photos. He printed off tiny copies and his display wasn't about quality.

Brandon72 wrote in post #13727944
You're accusing Flickr of selling the photographs to this guy now?

Flickr's free account is limited. You pay to get the full benefits. This is typical for most places. There's absolutely nothing to suggest that Flickr sold the photos. He printed off tiny copies and his display wasn't about quality.

Whoa, slow down there partner... I never said they sold the pictures... what I was referring to is the new so-called social media sites that sell you and your online habits, preferences, favorites, politics, etc. as a product. The look and feel on some of those sites seems to pretend to be a "free to use" "no strings attached" offering like they're a ".org" or ".edu" site or something. That's how Facebook is worth about $100 Billion. What product does Facebook sell? Umm you... once again you're not the customer you're the product. As far as I know Flickr can only use your images in promotion of their site, but that doesn't mean parent company Yahoo can't glean a lot of info about you by scanning your pictures and analyzing them for marketable data... now, what did I do with my tinfoil hat...