mook Wrote:
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> I think I posted one pic at Flickr - a fairly
> generic one - and have since forgotten my pw and
> even username. Yes, the fine print basically says
> that if you post it Flikr owns it and can do
> anything it wants with it - forever (even if you
> cancel your account and seeming delete your
> content - the deletion really doesn't happen you
> just lose access to it). Are the other photo sites
> (railphoto, for instance) like that too? I do see
> copyright banners referring to the poster for pics
> from railphoto so maybe not?

Picasa Web (a Google product) is a free photo sharing site, and you keep all rights to your content, including photos.

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Picasa Terms
Your Intellectual Property Rights
Google does not claim any ownership in any of the content, including any text, data, information, images, photographs, music, sound, video, or other material, that you upload, transmit or store in your Picasa account. We will not use any of your content for any purpose except to provide you with the Service.

You can also have your choice of half a dozen fulfillment "partners" that will print your photos direct from your Picasa uploads if you choose. However, there isn't an option to charge "customers" beyond the costs that the partners charge to produce the prints.

It does appear that if you want to be able to sell prints with a shopping cart system where you can set the prices, the going rate (at sites like Smugmug and others) for hosting your pix is around $100 a year.