Using Flickr images in a commercial blog

[trishool]

Hi Everyone.. I had a question about using the creative commons license. I want to use images from flickr in my blog which will soon be adsense and affiliate enabled.

I did some research on the differenct creative commons licenses. Could someone tell me which type of images I am allowed to use (if any). Not sure what the difference between Attribution and Sharealike is.

Also, can i hotlink to Flickr or will I have to download the image to my host?

Thanks

 

[matrigaldo]

I tend to believe you can use flickr images on your blog if you report the original link or give the credits to the image's owner.

 

[stankope]

You can use Flickr rather easily. But you better know what you are doing because it can slow down your site if the code is not properly optimized.