Got an email from Photobucket

On most forums across the 'interwebs' I just post the photos directly to the forum itself. In the rare instances where I can't (or for some reason it would be ill-advised) like a previous poster (@Burton Strauss III) I have a 1and1 account for web hosting that is very inexpensive, allows me to host my own websites and upload an unlimited amount of data (photos & web content of any kind). I host several websites for myself and friends. One of them doesn't actually have a 'page' or web site presence, but I upload photos to it and do a URL-link to the photo in any forum I wish. It will be visible to anyone until the day I decide to remove the photo from the site. Cheap, and most importantly, under my full control.

 

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That may be what people think, but it's not the law. And it may not be correct.

For a given site, one should read the T&Cs. A recent example is where an ISP in the UK just updated their T&C to have users of free WiFi agree to donate 1,000 hours of "This includes cleansing local parks of animal waste; providing hugs to stray cats and dogs; manually relieving sewer blockages; cleaning portable loos; and painting snail shells." (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/07/13/purple_community_service_clause/)

Or more importantly, here, https://www.cointalk.com/help/terms

"You are granting us with a non-exclusive, permanent, irrevocable, unlimited license to use, publish, or re-publish your Content in connection with the Service. You retain copyright over the Content."​

Those are the pretty standard terms, you still own it, but the site can do anything with it they want. But read them, you might be surprised to discover some that are not so reasonable...

 

Don't know much. But what are those memory sticks for

 

3-2-1 backup strategy.

3 copies
2 local (original + copy - for fast restores)
1 remote (offsite for protection)


Lots of variations... for example I use Acronis (because I already own it) to do weekly backups (I think it's set to do a full every 3 or 5 then incfementals). And I use Backblaze for offsite. And a lot of my data files are in a cloud folder so there is actually an extra copy of them.

You could use USB sticks for a nearline backup.

 

I prefer 'rhythm sticks'.....

 

Anyone have gif files on photobucket? Any luck downloading them?

 

• Who is paying for the site
• What's the business model that allows us free access
• What's the longevity plan

Ooooh Burton, thanks for the heads up! I forgot to upload the plans. Silly me. I added two plans that will be very popular due to the price.
If you are asking me how long I will live (longevity), I can only guess... The web site is very robust unless the electricity goes off!

• Who owns the copyright in the images, or what rights am I granting by uploading?
• Are you making people's images publicly available?

I have to find a spot on the website to put the information on the copyright. I am not happy with the copyright declarations on the site. I will not own the copyright on anyone's images. Copyright is your own.
Images are available to you and only you via the URL assigned to each image by the website if you make them "Private". You can also send this:

http://www.yourwebimages.com/visitor.php?userid=Nw==

to your friends and relatives and they will be able to see an entire album that you have populated.

I do love the affiliate program: "Affiliate Program of Your Web Images

Ya know it is hard to get good help these days. I upgraded the Affiliate Program fro 0% to 5%!!! Find me some good customers Burton...

Thanks for the great questions. They help me learn.

Chuck

 

Signed up for google photos but not sure how it works yet.

 

google will charge you $99

 

Google Photos is free, unlimited storage of photos of less than 16 MB. The only thing they take from you is data, which they in turn sell to advertisers. Some find this intrusive, but I personally will take the tradeoff.
Ever think hmmm that's weird, I see lots of coin ads online? It's no coincidence, it's conglomerates such as Google, Amazon, etc. selling data to advertisers to better target potential consumers. That's what Google gets from the deal, money from advertisers who want their data to advertise more efficiently.