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06-12-2011, 07:36 AM   #1
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What exactly is Tumblr? I found one of my photos on someones Tumblr

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This is my photo. I have never given permission to use it. The photo is hosted on their Tumblr site.

Under the photo is a long list of others who have "reblogged" the same photo to their site. It looks like my photo has been taken without my permission and passed around to anybody that wanted to use it.


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It's like Twitter. If you host pictures on Flickr, be prepared for them to be copied.
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Tumblr is blogger for people who can't write.

Basically people find things they think are cool and then post them in a neverending stream of images/videos/etc.

Ever seen a .gif of a cat being super cute? Well, so has everyone on tumblr.
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Tumblr is blogger for people who can't write.

Basically people find things they think are cool and then post them in a neverending stream of images/videos/etc.

Ever seen a .gif of a cat being super cute? Well, so has everyone on tumblr.
Isn't Blogger, Wordpress for people who can't code? I didn't know there was one another step down from that.

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It's like Twitter.
I've never been to Twitter, Tumblr, Bookface, Myspace, or any of those sites. No clue what Twitter really is.

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It's like Twitter. If you host pictures on Flickr, be prepared for them to be copied.
...and this is ok, how? Does Flickr own Tumblr? I see the resemblance in name, but really don't know.

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QuoteOriginally posted by r0ckstarr Quote
...and this is ok, how? Does Flickr own Tumblr? I see the resemblance in name, but really don't know.
About | Tumblr

About Flickr

Flickr is all about getting your photos seen. If you don't want them copied, make them private or don't use Flickr.
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To be clear, generally people who use tumblr don't claim the things they post as their own. It's more of a "hey this thing I found is pretty cool" thing.

You should be happy about it, really, if you want your photos to be seen/appreciated.
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QuoteOriginally posted by r0ckstarr Quote
Car pornography, Long gone Starring: Chevrolet Silverado (by...

This is my photo. I have never given permission to use it. The photo is hosted on their Tumblr site.

Under the photo is a long list of others who have "reblogged" the same photo to their site. It looks like my photo has been taken without my permission and passed around to anybody that wanted to use it.
They linked appropriately to your original Flickr and didn't claimed it was their photo, so nothing wrong about it. Quite the contrary, your pic have now probably been seen by hundreds of people

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QuoteOriginally posted by deadwolfbones Quote
To be clear, generally people who use tumblr don't claim the things they post as their own. It's more of a "hey this thing I found is pretty cool" thing.

You should be happy about it, really, if you want your photos to be seen/appreciated.
My crap gets passed around on tumblr all the time. I don't mind it so much, except that there's no real way to keep up with it. A person could have a picture that went uber-viral, seen and discussed by everybody in the world....and know nothing about it. It would be nice if Flickr stats kept track of the times they serve up images to places like tumblr, and not merely the extraordinarily rare times someone clicks through to Flickr.
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They linked appropriately to your original Flickr and didn't claimed it was their photo, so nothing wrong about it. Quite the contrary, your pic have now probably been seen by hundreds of people
True, but the image was hosted on Tumblr. They only linked to my photostream, not the photos page itself.
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Did you report it? It seems to be gone now.
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Did you report it? It seems to be gone now.
Yes. Contacted Tumblr and they pulled it immediately.
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