the flickr commons
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The Flickr Commons case studyTRANSCRIPT
Flickr’s forays into online heritage
iheritage seminar: 2 February 2009http://iheritage.org.za
‘Flickr is a revolution in photo storage, sharing and organization, making photo management an easy, natural and collaborative process. Get comments, notes, and tags on your photos, post to any blog, share and more!’
Flickr’s business model
• Subscriptions
• Advertising
• Marketplace
Marketplace e.g. Moo
Marketplace e.g. GettyFacilitating commercial licensing for Flickr
photographers through Getty Images
non-commercial sharing stock photographs purchased through licensing agreements
Flickr Commons: ‘Objectives’The program has two main objectives:
1. To increase access to publicly-held photography collections, and
2. To provide a way for the general public to contribute information and knowledge. (Then watch what happens when they do!)
Flickr Commons: ‘Partners’
(owned by Yahoo!)
technology provider content providers
incentives make content more accessible
enhance the offeringand build possible
future services