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Flickr licensing payment?

  • 22-03-2017 5:59am
    #1
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Im not a poster here, a irregular lurker to be honest.
    I received an odd private message flickr overnight and am not sure how to respond. So as with many things I thought to check boards.
    It seems a guy is asking me to allow him to lease attribution to some of my photos purely to increase links to his website.

    I love your photos! Would you be interested in licensing some of them to me for a month or two?
    What's in it for you: Cash payment and you still own it. The photo stays in your account and all you need to do is change the attribution link for a month.
    What's in it for me: I'll get some clicks and links back to my website.

    My instinct is that it is dodgy, it just seems very odd. I have previously had a small number of requests for an image or two to be used publicly and always said yes provided I was attributed. Im a very casual snapper of landscapes, museums and aircraft.

    Thoughts appreciated.
    Tenger


Comments

  • #2
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,717 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Probably you and 5 million other people on flickr got the same message. You'll never see any cash regardless.


  • #3
    Kamili
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,480 ✭✭✭Kamili


    Really does sound like a scam..


  • #4
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,052 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    Thanks for the response. Just wanted a confirmation on my instinct.
    Message about to be deleted.


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