Posts Tagged ‘ flickr ’

Embed Flickr Slide Shows

Aug 30th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

Flickr has introduced a new feature that lets you create fullscreen slideshows that can be embedded and shared.
Slideshows are available from just about every page where you see a group of photos on Flickr: photostream pages, sets, tag pages, group pools and search results. Just look for the slideshow icon, right.
I’ve embedded an example above, [...]



Making Money With Social Media: Getty Images Plans To Build Business On Flickr Photos

Jul 9th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Making Money with Podcasts

An article in the New York Times today looks at how Getty Images plans to build a new business, based on licensing imges from social photo-sharing site Flickr:
Yahoo and Getty Images said Tuesday that they have entered into a partnership under which Getty editors will comb Flickr in search of interesting images. They will then [...]



flickr Wants To Be The New YouTube

Apr 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Streaming Video, Video

Video on flickr just got official - at least if you consider an announcement by puppets to be official.
The service is limited to pro accounts and videos are limited in length to 90 seconds. Here’s what flickr has to say about the 90 second limit:
Video on Flickr grew out of the idea of “long photos” [...]



Lane Hartwell Controversy Heats Up

Dec 18th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Law

The Lane Hartwell copyright controversy has led to a great deal of debate over the role of copyright and fair use in Internet videos.
Hartwell is a professional photographer that publishes her images on Flickr, with all rights reserved. When she saw one of her photos being used without permission or credit in the video Here [...]



In Defense Of Lane Hartwell

Dec 16th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Law, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts

Photographer Lane Hartwell is tired of people stealing her photos and reusing them without her permission.
She’s published her images, like a lot of us, on Flickr, with all rights reserved. Unlike most of us, though, Hartwell is a freelance photographer and a regular contributor to Wired News. Her work has featured in publications around the [...]