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Since around 12:30pm (Beijing time) on June 7th, users in China have been unable to view images on flickr.com.

Our technical staff have looked into this and determined that it's not a technical issue from our end. Evidence suggests that our image servers are being blocked for many users in China.

We are checking periodically to see if the block is still in place, but haven't detected any change. We hope that this is a temporary issue and we currently believe that it will be. In the meantime, we are investigating our alternatives. Thanks for your patience.

Richard Patton asked about Creative Commons in relation to the Attribution License I used for Bryght's screencasts. What it is and why and how should you use it? Check out the definitive info over at the Creative Commons web site and this explanatory Creative Commons cartoon for a nice illustration of the licenses, but here's my take on it.

Imagine a world where everything you create and others create was locked down so you couldn't remix it and riff on it without paying licensing fees.

That's not a world I want to live in.

Fortunately we can do something about it.

We can put the stuff we create out there with a license that allows others to re-use and remix it. We can create the commons ourselves by putting it in the public domain or by putting a Creative Commons license on the stuff (e.g. text, audio, video, blogposts, photos, etc. Software licenses are different for reasons which I won't cover here; Drupal is licensed using the GPL).