Photobucket pictures

Although not a photo bucket user any more, and haven't been for some years, there have been many posts, here on the OGR Forums, about photo bucket suddenly requiring a monthly fee for transporting ANY of their photos to ANY other internet location. Thus, all previous photos transported from photo bucket are now gone.  You might try the SEARCH function, and read some of the posts from a few months ago.

This was discussed several weeks ago when it happened.  Photobucket now wants to charge you $39.99 a month to be able to link your photos to other sites, like this Forum.  You could pay them $399.99 for a year of linking privileges.   Here is more info.

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06...party-hosted-images/

I stop using them when they sent me notes saying my account was frozen. My photos are still accessible, so I ignore it. 

Ingeniero No1 posted:

Do you know how to make the Photobucket pictures show up? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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If you had a free account, it's locked out from being used as a host to other sites and only useful as a storage site.

If you had one of the lower tier pay accounts, then that's still useable until Dec 2018 for 3rd party hosting to other sites.

After that date it's $399 per year to use Photobucket for 3rd party hosting.

Best help I suggest is to find another hosting service; Flickr is free (for now...).....

OGR forum still host our phots on site, 

Photobucket, as stated, killed itself with very high cost if you want to share your pics online. 

I use Fotki at less per year than PB per month.

I host pictures directly on any forum that allows it, I nuked my PB account when they went absurd with the $400/yr price to have 3rd party linking.

Clearly, they didn't expect many people to pay that, they were just trying to kick people off PB without just saying "get lost".

Thank you, guys - you confirmed what I had feared after reading their website again: $399/year - described as the best deal!

I will either attempt to replace the pictures on my thread, or may just opt to start a new thread with a compilation of the more significant; i,e., helpful, pictures of the construction process. I believe the latter may be easier . . .

Thx!

Alex

Another interesting feature of Photobucket is that your pictures once posted are their property.  Though I have other copies of the picture placed on Photobucket, I would have to pay to get one of my pictures from Photobucket.  Not sure where they are going.  Ad free charges were almost a necessity, there were so many ads it was difficult to use the site for posting.  I guess I will be moving on if that is how expensive it will become.   Plus side was that the organization allowed for systematic/organized access to about 5,000 pictures.

As I never uploaded any pictures, I deleted my (so called) account. Thanks for the info on this site. Pretty steep price for hosting pictures. 

Mike CT posted:

Another interesting feature of Photobucket is that your pictures once posted are their property.  Though I have other copies of the picture placed on Photobucket, I would have to pay to get one of my pictures from Photobucket.  Not sure where they are going.  Ad free charges were almost a necessity, there were so many ads it was difficult to use the site for posting.  I guess I will be moving on if that is how expensive it will become.   Plus side was that the organization allowed for systematic/organized access to about 5,000 pictures.

I down loaded all my pics from PhotoBucket and didn't have to pay anything. And then deleted them all on there.

Mike CT posted:

Another interesting feature of Photobucket is that your pictures once posted are their property. 

No, that's not true

Right out of the Terms of Service:

You retain all your rights to any Content you submit, upload or display on or while using Photobucket. This means that you own all the Content you post and are responsible for its settings:

· You can mark any Content you upload as "private." Content marked "private" will not show up in public search results on the Site and only Users you have given access will be able view the Content either in your album or in search results.

· Although we have created measures to protect your privacy, please be aware that just because something is marked "private," does not mean that only the people you invite will see it. Users may still be able to find the direct URL for a photo or video through other search mechanisms, and then share or link to it outside the Site.

• Please remember, if you share Content from the Site or provide someone with a direct link to Content, others may be able to see it, even if you marked it "private" on the Site.

· If you remove your Content from the Site or mark Content as "private" that was previously public, Photobucket will promptly hide it from search results on the Site; however, we might still have it stored in backup files or on servers, and we may retain it as needed. We are not responsible for sites that it was shared to before it was marked "private."

· When you make your Content public, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-revocable, right and license to copy, sell, convey, distribute, stream, post, publicly display (e.g. post it elsewhere), reproduce and create derivative works from it (meaning things based on it), whether in print or any kind of electronic version that exists now or is later developed, for any purpose, including a commercial purpose with the right to sublicense such rights to others.

· By making your content public, you are also giving other Members on Photobucket the right to copy, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and create derivative works from it via the Site, third party websites or applications (for example, via services allowing Members to order prints of Content or t-shirts and similar items containing Content, and via social media websites), provided such use is not for a commercial purpose.

· By uploading, you are confirming that the Content is yours—no one else's—and that the uploading and use of your Content does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, intellectual property rights or human rights of somebody else. If we learn that you are infringing others' rights or are using Content that is not yours, Photobucket has the right to remove this Content and you agree that you are responsible for any costs associated with the infringement.

 Though I have other copies of the picture placed on Photobucket, I would have to pay to get one of my pictures from Photobucket.

Also not true.  I've downloaded and removed several 1000 photos in the past 2 months.

You do not surrender your ownership nor transfer copyright to Photobucket.