Last week, Flickr announced that it will be making some big changes to its consumer plans, which include dropping its free tier with 1TB of storage down to allowing just 1,000 photos. Now, Flickr is out today to clarify what the changes mean for institutions and organizations.
Shared in a blog post, Flickr wrote to ease the concerns for all the organizations that use the service to preserve history and more.
The company notes that any images with a Flickr Commons or Creative Commons license established before the announced changes on November 1st are safe. However, CC photos will be held to the new 1,000 limit come January 8, 2019.
Photos from NASA, the National Parks Service, the UK National Archives, and The British Library, for example, have been shared in The Flickr Commons. As part of The Flickr Commons, all these organizations already were Pro or have received a free Pro account from us, so they have unlimited storage.
The post also details that Flickr wants to help any non-profits that might have concerns about the new Pro plan costs. A link is available below for any qualifying organization that needs help with a free Pro account.
Creative Commons photos that were licensed as such before our announcement are also safe. We won’t be deleting anything that was uploaded with a CC license before November 1, 2018. Even if you had more than 1,000 photos or videos with a CC license. However, if you do have more than 1,000 photos or videos uploaded, you’ll be unable to upload additional photos after January 8, 2019, unless you upgrade to a Pro account.
For more details on the latest Flickr changes, read our previous coverage and see today’s full post from Flickr.
In fact, you can fill out the form from this page with information about your 501(c)(3) organization, and we’ll work with you to get your free Pro account set up.
