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Thomas Hawk Censors Valleywag!

June 30, 2007

Apple iPhone Launch Palo Alto - Kris Tate of ZooomrAccording to Nick Douglas Thomas Hawk, who has been railing against Flickr for censorship, sent a take down notice to Valleywag for posting a picture of Kris Tate (the founder of the company Thomas is the CEO of ~ seen to the right) getting his credit card declined when trying to purchase the iPhone yesterday.

My thoughts?  People who live in glass houses… 

Written by Alexander Muse · Filed Under Blog 

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5 Responses to “Thomas Hawk Censors Valleywag!”

  1. University Update - Apple iPhone - Thomas Hawk Censors Valleywag! Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 11:58 pm

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  2. dude Says:
    July 1st, 2007 at 2:09 am

    Er, I think you’ll fine Thomas asked Valleywag to take down the picture because it was copyright and not createive commons– which is totally his right and nothing to do with the Flickr censorship issue.

  3. Nick Douglas Says:
    July 1st, 2007 at 3:19 am

    Haha, censorship? Nah, Thomas is just asserting his right to be kind of a dick at me. As another kind-of-a-dick, I respect that.

  4. Alexander Muse Says:
    July 1st, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    I just thought the irony was interesting. Thomas’ criticism of Flickr and the obvious conflict of interest that criticism creates has been tiresome. The fact that he, as was his right to do, made you take down a photo he took was ironic. Flickr, of course, can ‘censor’ any photo it wishes. Just because both Thomas and Flickr are well within their rights to remove certain pictures doesn’t make it ‘right’.

  5. jharr Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    Seems like those who seek controversy certainly find (make) it. Thomas’ knack for being in the middle of all kinds of this stuff is staggering.

    On a semi-related note, what the hell is zoomr all about, it seems too obvious to call it a flickr clone, but it doesn’t even seem to do that very well. If you are going to reinvent the mainstay you’d better have something to offer.

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