Comments on: Why I can’t try Picasa Web Albums

By: biotech

biotech — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:56:45 +0000

wow…and their TOC has not changed 3 yrs after the fact.

@Stuart D
This is shame I really like Picasa app but certainly would not want my family member to end up on someone’s promo card without my approval. Even if I choose to share the photo publicly that does not need to imply that anyone can use this photo to their liking.
eg. blog entry about my family camping.

@JackDeth
No it is not. You can display your art on the sidewalk no issues…but if you start selling things on this ’sidewalk’ then you can not. You can use Flicker as storage and then use its API to pull photos into your own website/portfolio. So as long as you do not offer ‘commercial service’ on the Flicker site by posting contact info or clever captions such as ‘1800 wedding photos’ etc. you should be ok…I would imagine?!

A lot of photographers like http://www.smugmug.com/ although it is not the best looking child in the bunch.

By: JackDeth

JackDeth — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:01:49 +0000

Yeah, but in Flickr’s do’s and don’t it clearly states that their service cannot be used for commercial purposes either. So if you’re a photographer wanting to post your photos there for people to see so it promotes you or for you customers to see to proof their photos, that is commercial use is it not? Is there any photo site out there that you can use for “commercial use”?!?! This is aggravating.

By: Snehasis

Snehasis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:48:47 +0000

Hmm….This is why Flickr with 100MB free storage wins over Google Picasa.

P.S. If photo storing is the main agenda then use Picasa with “unlisted” option(1 GB Free).
Else use Flickr for Sharing.

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By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 02:48:53 +0000

I realize this is an old post but you bring up a very good point about a model release being issued.

According to the Blogger Faq section “When you upload an image through Blogger, it gets stored on Picasa Web Albums.”

I bet many are not aware when uploading photos to Blogger they just handed over rights.

By: Stuart D

Stuart D — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:21:54 +0000

This grant only applies to content you post intended to be available to the general public. If you post your stuff “Unlisted” you aren’t giving anything away.

This isn’t some big conspiracy theory.

By: piter

piter — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:47:41 +0000

Todos deberian compartir sus fotos en Picasa. si quieres utilizarlas comercialmente entonces sube solo fotos de baja calidad y tamaño pequeño de muestra. si no muestras el producto como vas a comercializarlas

By: BILL MacGregor

BILL MacGregor — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:08:06 +0000

Google gets away with ALL of their So-Called “FREE” programs ONLY Because 1 out of a Million People Read the Complete T.O.S. For Each google program.

Google Makes More Money Collecting Personal INFO than in Sales Of Advertising!!

Picasa was a great program before Google bought it and ADDED THEIR SPYWARE!!!

Only Fools Use any of Googles Freeware that CAN Cost You Your PERSONAL FREEDOM,