Downloading pictures from a project

[pisum]

the photo URLs and copyright notes are buried in the results returned by the observation and taxa endpoints.

[jan416]

Excellent!
Thanks on behalf of 5.000.000 smallholder farmers (no exaggeration) who wish to apply non-chemical farming and need support with visual material on plant pathogens.
We are in the preparation phase and will drop you a note when online and running.

[bouteloua]

@cmcheatle

what exactly makes you believe that bulk downloading of photos, many of which are licensed and submitted as all rights reserved and republishing them is an ‘accepted internet practice’?

@jan416

I understand that thumbnail republishing is acceptable.

@cmcheatle

it is clear you are comfortable taking the content whether it is legal or not.

@jan416

Sorry that you start insulting me Chris. You haven’t read my earlier writing and the preferences I indicate.
Sorry as well that you are not aware of the different copyright levels at inaturalist.

Hi all, just a quick reminder of some of our community guidelines, namely:

• assume good faith
• avoid sarcasm with people you don’t know
• avoid responding to a post’s tone instead of its actual content
• if there is disagreement, provide reasoned, polite counter-arguments, with evidence, and
• you don’t have to have the last word, so step away from the discussion if you need to

The forum should be a place where people feel comfortable asking questions, so let’s please keep the tone friendly and the content informative. Thanks!

[jimbee]

I don’t see any insults?

[tiwane]

@pisum

when i pointed to the API before, i was suggesting that you could use it to get image URLs with license info and then display those images via those URLs. assuming what you’re doing is non-commercial, that would seem to be okay as long as you’re respecting the licenses and doing proper attribution.

Yes, if what @jan416 wants to do is scrape properly licensed images from iNat and display them elsewhere using the proper attribution, that shouldn’t be a problem, as long as they use the API properly.

[doc_lingo]

I think many choosing open license don’t know they have a choice.