Flickr は監視資本主義に向かわない

we’re going further and now protecting all public, freely licensed images on Flickr, regardless of the date they were uploaded. We want to make sure we preserve these works and further the value of the licenses for our community and for anyone who might benefit from them.

In conjunction with this announcement, we’ve disabled bulk license change tools in the Settings, the Camera Roll, and the Organizr for Flickr Free accounts. We’ve done this to prevent community members from flipping all their images to a new license without first understanding the significant implications of the various free licenses we support. Any member (Free or Pro) can still change the license of any of their photos on the photo page.

we’ve seen how unsustainable and exploitative free models can be, and I’m glad that Flickr hasn’t turned to surveillance capitalism as the business model for its sustainability plan – but that does mean they’ll have to explore other options.

Choosing to allow all CC-licensed and public domain works to be uploaded and shared without restrictions or limits comes at a real financial cost to Flickr, which is paid in part by their Pro users. We believe that it’s a valuable investment in the global community of free culture and open knowledge, and it’s a gift to everyone. We’re grateful for the ongoing investment and enthusiasm from the entire Flickr team, and their commitment to support users who choose to share their works.

私が考えるに，インターネット・ユーザに要求される唯一のルールは「インターネットに参加する」ことであり，そこに付随するコストとリスクと責任を（手の届く範囲で）引き受けることである。インターネットは（コンビニとかでw）買うものではなく，作る（make）ものだ。