Participation Guidelines

This page describes the School's participation guidelines for how we use Flickr.

1. Regarding what you upload to Flickr:
   1. Think globally: The entire world is the audience for these photos and videos. What you upload and submit to our groups reflects upon the School and the University -- and, ultimately, you.
   2. Be relevant: Photos and videos you submit to our groups must be related to the School. You can use Flickr for non-School-related stuff, of course, just don't submit these to School-related groups.
   3. Be a good citizen: Photos and videos you submit to our groups must adhere to the UC Electronic Communications Policy and the UCSF Principles of Community and conform to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Similarly, we expect you to abide by Flickr's Community Guidelines. In particular, please don't upload photos that aren't yours, and please don't upload photos of children participating in School-related events.
2. Regarding copyright:
   Who owns the photos you take?
   1. Students: Neither the University nor Flickr nor Yahoo! owns your photos and videos -- you do. Taking photos or videos for a student organization? Check with them on copyright ownership so that you both understand your arrangement. If you're acting as a staff member (e.g., a TA), keep reading.
   2. Faculty and Staff:
      1. For curriculum: If you take photos or videos for a faculty member's curriculum, the faculty member owns the copyright and grants the University a license to use the resulting course materials. If the faculty member shares these photos or videos on Flickr, he or she should use an account owned by him or her.
      2. Not for curriculum but still for the School or University: If you take photos or videos to meet specific needs of the School or University unrelated to any faculty member's curriculum, the Regents own the copyright. If you share these photos or videos on Flickr, you should use an account owned by your unit or department, not your personal account.
      3. Neither of the above: If the photos or videos you take don't fall into either of the above 2 categories, then the individual faculty or staff member owns the copyright and should use his or her own Flickr account.
   3. Contracted Photographers: If you are hired by the University to take photos or videos, the copyright of your work is determined by your contract. University employees may not legally use or distribute your work outside of the terms of your contract for that work.

   When you own the copyright, you can retain the full copyright or select a Creative Commons license or specify or negotiate more specific terms -- it's your choice.

3. Regarding Flickr groups:
   1. About our Flickr groups: You're welcome to create and administer your own Flickr groups, but if you want to create a School-managed Flickr group which will be listed in our Flickr groups, contact Web Developer Eric Davila at davilae@pharmacy.ucsf.edu or 415/476-3845. Only School-managed Flickr groups will be listed and featured on pharmacy.ucsf.edu. Students: if your organization will continue to exist after you leave UCSF, it's better to let us create the Flickr group so that we can continue to administer it after you leave.
   2. How to set up a new group: Having an event where you know people will be taking photos or videos? Contact Web Developer Eric Davila at davilae@pharmacy.ucsf.edu or 415/476-3845 so that we can create your Flickr group in advance and provide you with a URL to an empty Flickr group. When you announce your event, you can include the Flickr group URL as a central place for everyone to upload photos and videos afterwards. Once the photos and videos are in a Flickr group, you can easily feed them back to your organization's website -- see Flickr for Web Developers.

Photos and videos that don't conform to these guidelines can be removed from groups managed by the School. The School reserves the right to change these participation guidelines at any time.

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