Should I be worried...

The other day (or maybe it was today- I can't remember) Micky asked if I had realized that other companies can use my pictures without any consent needed. I guess in a way I did realize this, after all, a couple of my friends and family members have tried to download and print my photos via my flickr site and it seemed (overall) to work. I did not fully realize that companies could use it without your permission. On each photo there is a copyright on it stating "All Rights Reserved", so you think there would be some kind of safe guarding but it leaves me to wonder... if it ok to post my photos to flickr.

The reason I have used flickr for so long is because it's an easy way for people to access my photos and view them. I guess that comes with the good, the bad, and the ugly viewing them as well- the "unknown". I'm sure I could get Micky to make a site for me that's easy to upload and easy to view. I would just hate the mundane task of uploading all 400 photos again.

For now I am okay with using flickr and the off chance that someone might use. There is so much talent on that site that I doubt my photos would even get a second glance. But this has raised a lot of questions for me, if I choose to get serious with my photography, and I will have to think of some alternatives in the meantime.

That's all for now.