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Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by adrusi on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:14PM (#9299565)
Actually I have no problem with CC0, as matt4077 explained in a sibling comment, it seems pretty solid. I'm just concerned that people who aren't that interested in licensing but want to make their work as available as possible will choose the public domain option (intended for photos whose copyrights have expired) over the CC0 option.
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Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by ghaff on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:38PM (#9300082)
Or, presumably, which were never copyrighted as in the case of "A United States government work is prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties." http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml

It's probably also worth noting in this discussion that (as per the referenced link) subjects in the photos may have privacy or publicity rights for photos used for commercial (non-editorial) purposes.

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Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by DannyBee on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @06:04PM (#9300223)
Contractors that prepare works for the US government can own copyright, and since most of the work for the government is now contracting, this doesn't buy a ton.
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Re:Flickr now offers Public Domain and CC0 designations by maxerickson on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:21PM (#9299612)
Sure. I was trying to point out why people might take issue with your comment. CC0 appears in the headline and URL, and one of the early paragraphs of the link says this:

But we’ve heard from our community that we’re missing two important designations: Public Domain and Creative Commons 0 (CC0). Many members of our community want to be able to upload images that are no longer protected by copyright and correctly tag them as being in the Public Domain, or they want to release their copyright entirely under CC0.

So it was odd for you to not mention CC0 at all in your comment.

(I've edited the last paragraph in an attempt to be less abrasive)

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