The below text is from Flickr to a user.

Hello,

Flickr account “framesdirect” was deleted by Flickr staff for violating our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.

www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne

# Don’t use Flickr for commercial purposes.

Flickr is for personal use only. If we find you selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream, we will terminate your account.

-Terrence

My question… how are these hotels and brands getting away with using flickr for business purposes, or better question:

How long before Flickr further cracks down on businesses and starts deleting accounts?

Anyone that understands this complexity with flickr, please let me know.  I don’t get how this is being utilized as it violates the TOS?  Is it ok, or does Flickr just not care until they choose too?  I think there is a transparency and consistency issue here for Flickr?  Thoughts?

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