I caught from Brian Solis—FlickrDown Pulls Pictures from the Cloud to Your PC — bub.blicio.us—and DownloadSquad—posts about FlickrDown and thought, wow that sounds cool until I read this comment on Brian’s post:
Brian, it appears this program allows the download of images even when the photographer does not allow downloads. It also strips the metadata from the photo, which is copyright violation.
So if you want to use if your own images, that’s one thing, but to use it for anyone else, without their permission, is theft.
Umm, whoops. I don’t blame [...]
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Tris Hussey is a writer, teacher, blogger, and speaker on all facets of Internet life, WordPress, and social media. He is the author of Create Your Own Blog: 6 Easy Blogging Projects to Start Blogging Like a Pro and Using WordPress.
