tchebotarev

Yes they can. Although there are special tools to discourage non-tagged or improperly tagged photos.

We don't check, but our community self-monitors and reacts very quickly (few minutes at most).

It was marked 12+, as the default experience for any new users is "Safe".

It was 12+, because default experience is always 'SAFE ON'.

12+

Hi pbhjpbhj!

Thanks for pointing that out!

It is legal and very common. It is done simply to limit the liability in unforeseen events. Some courts can throw this point out during the case, some may adhere to that. But most terms on the Internet would include it "just in case".

And no, we won't duplicate customers' works and such — we have build it for photographers, and we are photographers ourselves. We care about that stuff.

- Evgeny Tchebotarev, COO, 500px

True. But we want you to have the truthful information in case someone steals _your_ photos. We'll be able to investigate and find out the truth. Having real name, web-site, twitter or facebook helps us a lot in that.

There has been a few cases like that, and photographers love that we take proactive approach in solving their problems.