Flickr and Creative Commons

I think that Flickr and many other photo sharing sites, have a long ways to come in order to really educate the majority of the public on what the creative commons licenses are and how users should apply them.  I think that the laws and legality of sharing and using photos is still somewhat confusing to the average user. 

I think people like to share their photos, it gives them more exposure as photographers/artists.  I would share some photos, but not all.  I think that some of my photos I want to keep private, however I would not mind other photos being used by others. 

Uploading Vs. using the HTML

 
 Using the code from flickr, is a bit more cumbersome, as you need to go and get it and it isn't necessarily obvious where it is.  (It has changed since the book was written)  However, by using the flickr code, the reader can click the image and go to the flickr image itself.
Another benefit of using flickr is that you can upload an image from flickr anywhere you have access to the internet, where uploading a file requires that you be on a computer or devise that stores the photo you want. 

Kirsch08's photostream

Kirsch08's photostream on Flickr.

My Flickr