Over the years, there have been many instances of short-sighted technology selection by publically funded British institutions. However, I don't think this is such a case.
That these documents are going into the public domain means Flickr can assert no rights over them. If Flickr is able to profit from hosting them then competitors will surely do so too. Meanwhile, this will cost the Library nothing to implement or operate. They can just rehost if and when Yahoo! Flickrs out.
Developing against the Flickr API presents the usual risks to third-parties, but that need not be the concern of the Library.
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Over the years, there have been many instances of short-sighted technology selection by publically funded British institutions. However, I don't think this is such a case. That these documents are going into the public domain means Flickr can assert no rights over them. If Flickr is able to profit from hosting them then competitors will surely do so too. Meanwhile, this will cost the Library nothing to implement or operate. They can just rehost if and when Yahoo! Flickrs out. Developing against the Flickr API presents the usual risks to third-parties, but that need not be the concern of the Library.