Yahoo/Flickr Censorship Accusations Answered

A talented photographer posted her photos on Flickr, and when another company stole and sold the pictures, she wrote a post about it.  After almost 450 people had voiced their support, Flickr deleted the artist’s post, and cries of “Censorship!” ensued.  But now Flickr’s co-founder, Stewart Butterfield, has stepped up and apologized.

“I have a pretty good idea that we screwed up - and for that I take full responsibility (actually, several team members are fighting to take responsibility),” he wrote in a post on the photo-sharing site.  “There are several policies which will be changing as a direct result of this incident and the goal is that nothing like this ever happens again.”