“If you feel this way, mark your images as private. If your images are public, people can view the original size of your images even without this tool. ”

this is incorrect. flickr members just need to set “Who can download your stuff ” to “Only me” in privacy and permissions, in their Flickr account.

when they do that, originals cannot be accessed with this tool, because the original (high resolution) images use a different “secret” in their URL’s, which is not public, so this tool does not give access to them.

I used to view the source and get the direct link to the image.
And downloading unallowed pictures could be considered as copyright infringement.

Most professional / serious amateur photographers don’t use Flickr for storage – “moron” – they use it to display their work and critique purposes. Any professional / serious amateur has implemented storage and back-ups locally. And, I guess all the professional photographers that post their portfolio’s online are morons too?

@ ADAM – Since you brought us to this level I’ll join you. You’re too cool and so brave sitting behind your computer attacking someone with the name “moron”. Get a life you pathetic loser! Try thinking of someone else’s purposes for using a service. In fact, just try thinking a little before you post. What an idiot!

Ok, back to the real world where most people are somewhat considerate of others. I’m with you Dilip. We’re morons for the day. LOL

JimS

I think your a phoney bs artist, since no sane person that wants to protect their copyrighted images is dumb enough to use the net for storage.

p.s. above trick hasn’t worked for over a year on new uploads.

@Adam: I concur.