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Yesterday Yahoo fired back at everyone who complained, saying that they were required to remove the image pursuant to a DMCA takedown notice. Flickr’s director of community Heather Champ says “In this intance, the Yahoo! Copyright Team here in the US received a complete Notice of Infringement as outlined by the DMCA (Digitial Millenium Copyright Act). Under the DMCA, an individual may choose to file a counterclaim”
She added “We very much value freedom of speech and creativity.”
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Yahoo (who owns Flickr) claims they received a copyright infringement notice, but doesn't say who it was received from. As the article points out, had they shown the image and complaint to their lawyers, they would have been told that it was perfectly legal, and they should leave the image alone. Sounds to me like the notice was just a very convenient excuse for them to take down an image that they don't agree with.
And to address the "this thread's getting locked" comments.....it will stay open as long as no partisan politics discussion comes up and every stays civil.
- Justin