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WE are the content. No Censorship. flickr sperrt uns aus! Und auch dich! Seit...

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:08:42 GMT

WE are the content. No Censorship.

flickr sperrt uns aus! Und auch dich!
Seit gestern werden für deutsche Nutzer keine Bilder mehr angezeigt, die als 'moderate' oder 'restricted' markiert sind! Es gibt keine Moeglichkeit das umzustellen - das ist eine grobe Unverschämtheit und Frechheit von flickr!

Füge das Bild zu deinen Favoriten hinzu und poste es!

In English:
If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong or Korea you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service so won’t be able to turn SafeSearch off.
In other words that means, that german users can not access photos on flickr that are not flaged "safe" ... only flowers and landscapes for the germans ...
We will not let this happen! Copy and upload this picture to your account - show flickr who we are!

Original Version: farm2.static.flickr.com/1299/543864623_7aadef1e69_o.jpg
Weitere Infos:
- <a href="http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91085">www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91085</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/404938@N23/discuss/72157600347681500/">www.flickr.com/groups/404938@N23/discuss/72157600347681500/</a>
- <a href="http://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/42597/">www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/42597/</a>

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Photo by Mela Eckenfels

The picture shows Erich Mielke former head of Stasi, the intelligence and...

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:05:07 GMT

The picture shows Erich Mielke former head of Stasi, the intelligence and secret police force in East Germany, which was also responsible for censorship. 1989 Mielke try to assure people he is a real philanthropist and loves all the people he spy on, censor and oppress. Full (german) quote: "Ich liebe – Ich liebe doch alle – alle Menschen – Na ich liebe doch – Ich setzte mich doch dafür ein!"

And today: flickr loves us ... and again.. german people are censored.

Photo by Mela Eckenfels

Preparation for tonights dinner. Tuna, marinated in lime juice, soy sauce,...

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:04:34 GMT

Preparation for tonights dinner. Tuna, marinated in lime juice, soy sauce, pearl onions, red pepper, pepper and ground lime skin. Tuna will be grilled and served with salad.

Also, this pic is my last goodbye from flickr. I want to thank you, especially my contacts and the active groups here. You where fun and inspiration to me. But now, new forces hold people from access to flickr-content.

This alone is worse, especially for a paid service. Even worse is the denial of information and communication from flickr-staff and yahoo-officials. They tried to keep the changes under the carpet, failed and now they trying to sit this out, while gagging complaining members.

About censorship:

Photography isn't always art. Sometimes it is just documentation (like my food pics). Who wants to decide where art ends, and where documentation ends?
Who wants to say that showing as food slaughtered dogs (what is very shocking to most europeans and americans) isn't allowed? Who wants to decide that documenting theft of your art isn't allowed?

Who wants to decide which facts photographers document all over the world may be seen by others? Riots? Political demonstrations? putsches? Every pic can be shocking to one or another member. The rating system would be a great tool to prevent lightly touched and shocked people from seeing things they could not deal with. But to force this system to 'safe' on a whole country? Today germany, singapure, hong kong and korea ... tomorrow..?

And this is the problem. Your can't stop the censorship train once it is rolling. Flickr already has gone too far in this subject. Not only censoring pics but also censor comments.. and even more criticism on flickrs actions. There is no alternative for me then to stop actively using this service.. and leave this great community.

I'm sorry. See you (maybe) on <a href="http://www.23hq.com/Mela/">www.23hq.com/Mela/</a>

Photo by Mela Eckenfels

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:30:08 GMT

Photo by Mela Eckenfels

Es geht bergab. http://flickr.com/groups/keine_zensur/discuss/72157600380242295/

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:58:14 GMT

Es geht bergab.

http://flickr.com/groups/keine_zensur/discuss/72157600380242295/

Photo by Mela Eckenfels

The picture shows Erich Mielke former head of Stasi, the intelligence and...

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:20:24 GMT

And today: flickr loves us ... and again.. german people are censored.

Photo by Mela Eckenfels