I have just downloaded a lot of full size photographs from Ipernity due to the cap on storage here.

On the 5th of January I got an email from Smugmug who have taken over Flickr. On the bottom of the email were these terms :_

In the “User Content” section, the following has been added:
“From time to time, SmugMug may limit the amount of User Content, including your photographs, stored via the Site. SmugMug has the right, at any time, to remove your User Content stored on the Site in excess of such limits. Furthermore, if SmugMug were to terminate an account on the Site for any reason, all User Content associated with such account would be removed. While SmugMug will use reasonable efforts to notify you of such removal, whether by notice in the account or by email to the email you have specified in your account, it is your responsibility to download any User Content which you wish to save and make backup copies of all User Content to prevent the loss thereof.”
In the “Your Account” section, most of the following is new:
“SmugMug reserves the right to terminate your account and/or refuse access to the Services to anyone at any time, with or without cause, at its sole discretion.

I dont feel safe putting photos onto Flickr with these terms at all.

I have spent the time since this email taking off 8000 photographs from Flickr and I have saved every jpeg I still have on their site. I am looking for a catalogue program now for the photographs I have on external hd. It just feels like I have wasted hours but at least I know my photographs are safe.