Carthik Sharma » questions http://carthik.net Life, Research and Everything Else. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:02:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 To Flickr or Not? http://carthik.net/blog/vault/2005/05/05/to-flickr-or-not/ http://carthik.net/blog/vault/2005/05/05/to-flickr-or-not/#comments Thu, 05 May 2005 16:01:38 +0000 Carthik http://blog.carthik.net/vault/2005/05/04/to-flickr-or-not/ Continue reading →]]> I have been playing with the idea of using Flickr for my images/photos. I am tiring of gallery, and the idea of migrating it, and constantly updating and upgrading it, integrating it with this blog etc are making me think more about Flickr. I also love Flickr’s tags, and the idea that my photos might actually be used by someone else , for something creative. A visit to India is very much on the tables this summer, after three long years, and I plan on taking lots of photos, at least some of which might end up being useful to Wikipedians, nostalgic Indians, Indophiles, and bored bloggers.

However, I have a few questions for those of who that use Flickr already:

  • How do you export all your photos in one swell sweep, in case one needs to make a backup, or download a bunch of one’s photos?
  • Since all the CC licenses at Flickr are
    “attribution” licenses, how would I use a non-attribution licence at Flickr, say, even a “public domain” license or something similar?
  • Do I have to use the same license for all my Flickr pics?
  • Can I set the photos to be visible to different groups of individuals, and can I keep some photos private, including their full-size version?
  • Is a Pro account worth it, in your opinion? If it is, then I will get one, else not

I look forward to your suggestions. The pro account is not inordinately expensive, but for me, right now, every buck counts.

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