I wonder if they'll fix the API so copyright protection is not "on your honor".
As it is now you ask the API for a list of images and it gives them all to you. It's then up to you to check each image and make sure it's legal to download.
It seems to me they should just return the list of ones that are legal or at least have the option to filter the list rather than have to do it manually.
It's worse than that though. You can't use Flickr to share your images with friends and family unless you mark the images as CC. Anything else and an app is not allowed to download them
My app was banned by Flickr even though that's the use case I wrote the app for.
It seems to me they should just return the list of ones that are legal or at least have the option to filter the list rather than have to do it manually.
Flickr's current rule is if it's marked as copyrighted it's not to be downloaded unless it's your image. They know who you are which is how they let you add, delete images through the API.
Otherwise, they arguably need to add more permissions. They know who you've marked as friends and who you've marked as family. Facebook and G+ have no problem restricting access to images based far more complicated criteria.
As it is now you ask the API for a list of images and it gives them all to you. It's then up to you to check each image and make sure it's legal to download.
It seems to me they should just return the list of ones that are legal or at least have the option to filter the list rather than have to do it manually.
It's worse than that though. You can't use Flickr to share your images with friends and family unless you mark the images as CC. Anything else and an app is not allowed to download them
My app was banned by Flickr even though that's the use case I wrote the app for.
http://google.com/?q=flickrdown