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After 'Obama Joker' Debacle, Flickr Changes TakeDown Policy
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| September 03, 2009
Posted on 09/03/2009 8:19:49 PM PDT by Steelfish
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:19:49 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
lol The truth hurts!
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:20:34 PM PDT
by
xuberalles
(Quality, Conservative Novelties: The Right Stuff! http://www.zazzle.com/xuberalles)
To: xuberalles
That was quick and canny!
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:21:10 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: xuberalles
Wouldn’t the artist/image in question have to be copyrighted in the first place to be taken down for this reason?
As far as I know the creator did not intend this image to be used for commercial purposes since it was put up on street signs, utility poles etc. as a political protest. It seems to me it was put in the public domain expressly to be used freely.
To: PittsburghAfterDark
In an actual trial maybe that argument would work - but Flikr has no desire to fight it. Typically these companies just yank any potentially troublesome image and hope nothing comes of it.
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:27:28 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
To: Steelfish
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:28:19 PM PDT
by
IncPen
(The Liberal's Reward is Self-Disgust)
To: Steelfish
Did these guys take down the Bush Joker art too?
Just asking.
To: xuberalles
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:32:43 PM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
To: IncPen
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:32:43 PM PDT
by
FrdmLvr
("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
To: Steelfish
I have stuff up on Photobucket so I can put pictures here on FR ... they’ve removed some political stuff re: Obama they didn’t like. All the stuff I have I have no qualms in showing my family or friends but yet they removed some of my pictures.
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:40:57 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: SkyDancer; IncPen
I'm going to test out tinypic with the picture in post #6...
Let's see if they pull it...I've always wondered about that...
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:43:59 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
To: Steelfish
To: Brad's Gramma
Will put it up on Photobucket to see what happens. Thanks,
Janey
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posted on
09/03/2009 8:46:06 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: SkyDancer
I was surprised when photobucket removed a picture of mine because it violated "guidelines. So I revised it. Let's see how long it remains..
To: SkyDancer
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posted on
09/03/2009 9:02:31 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
To: Brad's Gramma
L
L!
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posted on
09/03/2009 9:25:29 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
To: skinkinthegrass
:)
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posted on
09/03/2009 9:28:25 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(BG x 2 (and a heartbeat was heard today....))
To: Protect the Bill of Rights
Do you have your photobucket set to "private"?
I have had several pictures removed for the same reason but I haven't lost one since I changed the public to private.
Just wondering if that is what causes them to review uploaded pictures.
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posted on
09/03/2009 10:04:39 PM PDT
by
voteNRA
(A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
To: Steelfish
Seems like Obama/Joker falls under ‘parody’ or ‘fair use’ clauses in the copyright law.
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posted on
09/03/2009 10:05:35 PM PDT
by
RDasher
("El Nino is climate, La Nina is weather")
To: PittsburghAfterDark
Yep, exactly. The copyright issue doesn’t make sense to me, especially being countless will make different versions which aren’t covered.
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posted on
09/03/2009 10:32:14 PM PDT
by
xuberalles
(Quality, Conservative Novelties: The Right Stuff! http://www.zazzle.com/xuberalles)
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