Save any image from Flickr using Firefox
Flickr overlays a transparent image on some ‘protected’ photos named spaceball.gif. If you find a photo you like and wish to use for your private non-commercial purposes, what’s the harm? Getting around this is quite simple.
The easiest way is the Stylish plugin. Install the plugin, and then right click on the icon that’s in the status bar. Go to Flickr.com, Select “Write Style” and select for flickr.com and then paste the following in the body:
@-moz-document domain(flickr.com) {
img[src*="spaceball.gif"] {display:none !important;}
}
Give the title/description field whatever you feel is best and you’re all done. Refresh your flickr page, and saving the photo shouldn’t be a problem any longer.
This should be able to be done several other ways too. You could try Greasemonkey and this script, or view blockable elements with your adblocker and block the file that way.
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