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Owned by Yahoo, Flickr is one of the premier photo hosting sites available.  Owned by Yahoo, it is very simple to get a Flickr account as those who have a Yahoo account can use the same information.  You can have a free account that will provide you with numerous benefits, but if you prefer you can upgrade to the premium service.  The upgrades version costs $24.95 per year and enables you to have greater storage capacities.  In fact, with an upgraded account, you get unlimited access to uploads, bandwidth, storage, and for creating sets.  Also, ads will be removed with an upgraded account.

Yahoo governs the terms of service for Flickr, and if you are accustomed to Yahoo Groups or GeoCities, chances are you are already familiar with the majority of Flickr’s terms of services.  However, it is always a wise idea to read through the terms, as they can change at any given time.  Violating Flickr’s terms of service can mean the permanent end of your account, so always act accordingly.

Flickr has undergone scrutiny, and a bit of controversy, regarding their policies towards moderating and filtering out explicit images.  They recommend that you only upload images that you own full copyrights to, and images that you have created yourself.  The images should be appropriate for children to see.  In fact, they suggest that you ask yourself before uploading any images, videos, or avatars if it would be appropriate for a young child to view, if not, then don’t upload it.  Due to these restrictions and the encouragement to rate images and videos, some find that Flickr provides too many restrictions.  They will moderate your images to ensure that you are following their terms of service and uploading appropriate content.

Since Flickr has strong rules regarding the types of images you post, you should be familiar with their rating terms.  It is your responsibility to rate your image appropriately, abiding b Flickr’s terms of service.  The ratings include safe, restricted, and moderate.  There are only two ratings used to describe and classify videos.  These are both safe and moderate. If you are using Flickr in a country other than the United States, you will need to carefully read through Flickr’s rules and regulations. Certain countries restrict viewer access to restricted content and you would be unable to see a number of images.

It is very important to remember that services that are offered for free depend upon links back to the site to ensure that they remain free.  When using photos from Flickr, you should never altar any codes or fail to provide a link back to Flickr.

Flickr is a great site for hosting, sharing, and displaying your digital photos and videos.  Flickr also offers printing services.  This enables you to instantly transform your digital photos into a number of different products and gifts.  Flickr has networked with numerous companies that you can select from.  Creating books, imprinting images on credit cards, and turning your photos into notebooks and posters are just a few of the projects you can choose.  Despite its controversial moderating methods, Flickr continues to lead the way as one of the premier photo hosting sites.