Report: Yahoo Censoring Flickr Photos

Thomas Hawk, a photographer who blesses my desktop everyday with gorgeous shots, is reporting that Yahoo is censoring certain photographs on Flickr. The images in question express outrage over the alleged unauthorized sale of the photographs shot by a talented artist in Iceland. Flickr claims that the photographs "harass, abuse, impersonate, or intimidate others."

Such measures may - for other reasons - become more common. Dave Winer notes that Congress is proposing rather draconian measures to thwart copyright infringement. If even a watered down the bill passes it could pose a challenge for lots of Web 2.0 sites.