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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014

    Dodgy new link scheme? @Propellernet launches ‘FREE Hi-Res photos’ service. The catch? A link back to the ‘owner’. http://photoshr.co.uk 

    4:03 AM - 25 Feb 2014
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014
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        …Ironically, got alerted to it by an email from @tymothytym which itself didn’t mention the actual ‘business model’.pic.twitter.com/tsufZLo14W

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014
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        …And, finally, an admission to end the story. Why do people do this sort of crap? Stop fucking up the web.pic.twitter.com/OWreQDaO63

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014
        Replying to @aral

        …And if you are going to start some dodgy new link scheme, have the fucking brains to not email _me_ about it, FFS. </rant>

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      2. Eric Eggert‏ @yatil 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral @Propellernet sounds like Creative Commons BY-License. Don’t know what is dodgy there?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014
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        @yatil It’s not (see the email they sent me). It’s a link scheme to transfer search engine juice to their clients. +@Propellernet

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      4. Eric Eggert‏ @yatil 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral Yes, if you take a photo from my website, you link to my website, having a broker in between doesn’t change that IMHO…+@Propellernet

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      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014
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        @yatil Again, this is not what is happening. I say, here, Eric, take this photo of a burger for free, & link to McDonald’s… +@Propellernet

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      6. Neil Hopkins‏ @interacter 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral @yatil @Propellernet What's the difference to Flickr then? Attribution goes back to Flickr account for photographer... Doesn't it?

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      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Feb 2014
        Replying to @interacter

        @interacter It wasn’t the same. They’ve now updated their terms and CC licensed the photos. +@yatil @Propellernet

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      8. Neil Hopkins‏ @interacter 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral @yatil @Propellernet Ahh that would be it then. I read the FAQs about 3 minutes ago so probably post update.

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      1. Jonathan Markwell‏ @jot 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral Why should Flickr (Yahoo) get all the benefit of people opening up their image libraries under a CC BY licence?

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      1. Propellernet‏ @Propellernet 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral thank you - we've updated our FAQ - http://photoshr.co.uk/faq  - as a publisher you can nofollow the image you choose to use. no catch.

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      1. Nicholas Armitt‏ @hobbs 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral looks like their pushing holiday snap quality images.

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      1. Abi‏ @abidaker 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral @Propellernet it doesn't really help the huge misconceptions people have about their right to use any image they find online.

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      1. Steve Evans‏ @steve_e 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral Does seem an unethical way to get links for clients. 'Have more low quality links as we can't buy them for you anymore?'

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      1. Andrew Isidoro  🚀‏Verified account @Andrew_Isidoro 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral @Propellernet Is this any different to referencing a Flickr image's creator?

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      1. Grand Moff Darth Salt REACTIONS ARCHIVED TO MY SITE‏ @BarnabyWalters 25 Feb 2014
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        @aral weird — isn’t that basically CC-BY-NC-as-a-service? (http://waterpigs.co.uk/notes/4UmC6h/ )

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