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Flickr has launched a service called "The Commons", which will allow users to help describe pre-existing reference collections by adding tags to them. The program was established in collaboration with its first participant, the U.S. Library of Congress.
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- Pilot program initiated in July 2007
- Only includes the Library of Congress collection (as of Feb. '08)
- The Library of Congress images are considered to have "no known copyright restrictions," which Flickr hopes other similar institutions will adopt for their content once the Commons project catches on
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Changed my flickr pictures licenses to http://liip.to/CCBy and donated to Creative commons: https://support.creativecommons.org/donate
@lejoe | November 14, 2009 02:43 PM -
I could spend hours exploring the photos in Flickr's "commons" section http://www.flickr.com/commons/
@joel_hughes | November 14, 2009 09:58 AM -
@larvicking Thanks! For those I nearly always use istockphoto. Don't overlook Flickr Creative Commons, though, they can be terrific.
@soniasimone | November 14, 2009 05:33 AM -
@SheilaChang Flickr tem licenca Creative Commons, cuidado hein! rsrs
@aglotero | November 14, 2009 12:58 AM -
Dale Tweeted- Changing all my Flickr pics to Creative Commons
@laboutloud | November 14, 2009 12:10 AM
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Flickr Commons Blogs and Commentaries
- Mashable: Flickr Now Streaming the Library of Congress Pics (January 16, 2008)
- Valleywag: Library of Congress tags Flickr users to tag archives (January 16, 2008)
- TechCrunch: Flickr Takes Historical Imagery To The Masses (January 16, 2008)
- ReadWriteWeb: Library of Congress Teams with Flickr (January 16, 2008)
- CenterNetworks: Flickr Launches 'The Commons' - Library of Congress First Member With Over 3,000 Photos (January 16, 2008)
- Techdirt: The Library Of Congress Goes 2.0 (January 16, 2008)
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