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Re: The Flickr Foundation

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Post by kome »

Nrbelex wrote: post #2

And a question for anyone involved: how does the .org relate to the .inc? Is the plan for Flickr to continue as a commercial enterprise?

read the post :)

flickr is the company and the product, flickr foundation is about preserving flickr "Creative Commons"[1] images forever.

[1] https://creativecommons.org/

Re: The Flickr Foundation

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kome wrote: post #3
Nrbelex wrote: post #2

And a question for anyone involved: how does the .org relate to the .inc? Is the plan for Flickr to continue as a commercial enterprise?

read the post :) flickr is the company and the product, flickr foundation is about preserving flickr "Creative Commons"[1] images forever. [1] https://creativecommons.org/

Thanks, but there's clearly more to it than that. They reference the full Flickr corpus in a number of places on the foundation's site and blog. e.g.:

>Flickr has grown into one of the biggest photo collections on Earth. It contains tens of billions of images from people all over the world, and keeps growing every day. That’s why we’ve created the Flickr Foundation—an independent, community-focused organization. We’re committed to stewarding this cultural treasure for future generations, and fostering a visual commons we can all enjoy. [1]

And

>Today, the Flickr holds “tens of billions of images” documenting our planet from the first days of photography to just a moment ago. What if—should the ship go down—we had an archival copy of your Flickr presence ready? Simply admitting this might happen and preparing for it is a form of preservation. We call it a data lifeboat.

You have probably been affected by web services that go dark or disappear, often with little or no warning. We think that’s not good enough, especially for an archive as precious as Flickr (and your photos), so we want to design a better way.

It’s all at risk—though not in imminent danger—and that’s why the foundation has been set up. SmugMug has acknowledged the risk and set us the task of imagining and determining how to make sure this huge piece of human history doesn’t sink.

We will work initially with the smaller and openly-licensed subset of imagery held within the Flickr Commons. Using this collection as our baseline, we will explore the edges of what’s required to create a data lifeboat that’s transportable, buoyant, and robust.[2]

[1] https://www.flickr.org/ [2] https://www.flickr.org/programs/content-mobility/data-lifebo...

Re: The Flickr Foundation

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Post by fleddr »

"We have begun building an intersectional scholarly group involved in researching history, library science, gender studies, critical race theory, digital humanities, and archival practice."

Archiving with a narrative, so to speak.

Re: The Flickr Foundation

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Post by trap_goes_hot »

I wonder if Flickr wants to create a corpus of CC content so that they can launch a competitor to unsplash. A separate non-profit entity to limit liability sounds like a smart move. Or maybe I'm reading a cynical motive when there isn't one :)
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