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Through my process of adding CD's to Musicbrainz over the last month, one key requirement is that I take photos of all the CD's I'm adding. (See the Musicbrainz editing FAQ)

But this is reasonable given the controls needed to keep Musicbrainz sane, so hence I add CD's such as ...

...to flickr, the main reason to flickr is because my Nokia N82 uploads photos extremely easily and has a fantastic camera.

But besides the point I have been noticed by those searching for 'Motley Crue' and have received the following message:

:: Your Motley Crue photo

Hi pbrooks_uk,

Here's a personal note from Rob Peters:
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We're running a news story about Motley Crue's recent
announcement of a summer Crue Festival, and your photo
would be a great addition. Would you be interested in
sharing it?

In case you haven't heard of us, NowPublic is a
participatory news website. The requested photo(s) will
appear as thumbnails when you follow the link. Please let
me know if you have any questions.

Take care,

Rob

please click on this link - where you can approve or reject
its use:

...
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... is a news sharing community that uses stories,
photos, & videos from sources like you.

If you would like to learn more about this request, and the
context in which your photo might be used, click on this
link:

...

If you do give your permission, your photo will always
remain your property, and whatever license you have
specified will follow its use on ...

The photo was taken not in an arty style, but more so my camera was in negative mode to make some CD's a bit clearer. I don't judge the photo I've taken to have particular artistic features but instead feel the email is from a bot to gain my permission.

But still, odd things happen when you post a lot of photos on flickr.

Spam bots get attracted to them very easily and I just hope that I make a day a little weirder for some flickr members by having random cd's appear on their flickr home.