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Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by adrusi on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:06PM (#9299497)
OK, I overlooked this use-case.
Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by jessamyn on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @07:06PM (#9300495)
Yeah I think you may be focusing on the "creative art" aspect of this and less on other use cases. My mom is a retired photographer and she loves seeing other people use or repurpose (and yes even sell) some of the pictures she takes. In public libraries we want a way to share images the widest way possible and don't always have our own space to do that.

I get that you're concerned that people don't understand the public domain, but I think the response to that is more (and better) explanations about what it is and why it's important, not disallowing people access to tools that they want on a platform they use.

Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by detaro on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @08:10PM (#9300747)
Which is a case where she should use CC0 and not the public domain marking.