[SFD-discuss] Flickr and other tags - bayimg.com

[Mahomedalid Pacheco]

We want to see photos about the SFD event! Show us!

On 9/19/07, Georg Sluyterman <georg at thecrew.dk> wrote:
> Bruce Kingsbury wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 20:50 -0400, Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:
> >> I'm still having problems with the site being slow, but Wikipedia gets
> >> its info from http://www.zeropaid.com/news/8861/The+Pirate+Bay
> >> +Launches+'BayIMG'+to+Host+Uncensored+Images
> >>
> >> Maybe they are just saying that to appease people and don't actually
> >> remove images.
> >
> > I can't reach that site right now. I also wonder why you think photos
> > taken at SFD events might ever be taken down by flickr or other
> > 'mainstream' photo sites. Has there been any problem in the past?
> > They've never removed or censored any of my photos..
> >
>
> You have not understood anything of censorship, if you believe that the
> only important thing is if /you/ get censored...
>
> I myself cannot write code to eg. the Linux kernel. Then why is it
> important for me to have software freedom nr. 1?
>
> > It seems to me that BayIMG's claim to fame is "we won't remove your
> > hardcore porn and pirated commercial photography." I'm not sure that's
> > the sort of place we want to be associated with.
> >
>
> I must admit that it is problematic, that they (bayimg) can remove
> whatever they want. At least they are very honest about it, and state it
> very clear on the front page that they can. If anyone now a good site
> that does not censor, please post a link here.
>
> Btw. you talk about pirates..? Pirates attach ships on the high seas,
> and kidnap and murder people on them ;-)
> If you by 'pirates' mean people that make unauthorized copies, please
> use a term like eg. 'unauthorized copying'.
>
> --
> Regards Georg Sluyterman
>
>
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