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Is Imgur copyright free?
With regard to any file or content you upload to the public portions of our site, you grant Imgur a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable worldwide license (with sublicense and assignment rights) to use, to display online and in any present or future media, to create derivative works of, to allow …
Should I use an image CDN?
Image content delivery networks (CDNs) are excellent at optimizing images. Switching to an image CDN can yield a 40–80% savings in image file size. In theory, it’s possible to achieve the same results using only build scripts, but it’s rare in practice.
Are Imgur pictures copyrighted?
All content is user submitted, and Imgur does not own the copyright for images uploaded to our site, thus cannot grant permissions for their use. If the image is associated with an account, we recommend contacting the user for permission using Imgur chat.
Can you use Imgur as a CDN on Stack Exchange?
So, no, you would not be allowed to use imgur as a CDN. It certainly used to be possible, indeed Stack Exchange themselves use Imgur for hosting all user uploaded images: And some more recent comments on why they are still using Imgur over Amazon S3. Note though that you will need a Pro account with them to ensure that your images persist.
Why is Imgur considered to be a commercial site?
Imgur’s intended use is not as a CDN (content delivery network), but rather as a platform to upload, share and browse entertaining images. If you are using Imgur to host images for a site makes money, whether from ads or any other way, it’s considered to be commercial.
Can you use Imgur as a CDN on AWS?
Digging a bit deeper, I found this blog post on Imgur’s technology stack where they say they’ve moved onto AWS to power most of the main site, and they also mention that they use a CDN for “direct image requests” – but the fact that they do use a CDN doesn’t mitigate the overriding issues with the terms of service (or lack of there in).
Is it OK to embed an image on Imgur?
You’re welcome to use Imgur to host your images, as long as they do not break our Terms of Service. If you’d like to add images to your website or blog, we recommend using Imgur’s embed unit to easily make the post visible. More information on finding the embed link can be found here.