<s>
Fotopic.net	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
website	O
and	O
web	O
services	O
suite	O
operating	O
between	O
2001	O
and	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
2	O
August	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
named	O
photos.jml.net	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
private	O
collection	O
of	O
photographs	O
of	O
a	O
British	O
couple	O
,	O
Joel	O
and	O
Nicky	O
Rowbottom	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
February	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
fotopic.net	B-Algorithm
and	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
particularly	O
popular	O
amongst	O
early	O
adopters	O
of	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
technology	O
,	O
featuring	O
in	O
press	O
coverage	O
of	O
this	O
trend	O
,	O
and	O
popular	O
throughout	O
the	O
transport	O
enthusiast	O
community	O
,	O
particularly	O
with	O
those	O
involved	O
with	O
railway	O
restoration	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fotopic.net	B-Algorithm
offered	O
a	O
free	O
account	O
or	O
premium	O
services	O
that	O
added	O
various	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
8	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
net	O
's	O
servers	O
were	O
taken	O
off-line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
home	O
page	O
of	O
Fotopic.net	B-Algorithm
went	O
live	O
again	O
with	O
a	O
message	O
informing	O
users	O
that	O
"	O
Fotopic	B-Algorithm
and	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
Snappy	O
Designs	O
Ltd	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
trading	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
informed	O
users	O
that	O
all	O
images	O
uploaded	O
onto	O
Fotopic	B-Algorithm
servers	O
were	O
safe	O
and	O
that	O
their	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
migrate	O
photos	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
service	O
"	O
with	O
similar	O
or	O
better	O
functionality	O
than	O
Fotopic	B-Algorithm
and	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
export	O
their	O
existing	O
images	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Fotopic	B-Algorithm
Legacy	O
Team	O
"	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
which	O
said	O
that	O
former	O
users	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
retrieve	O
their	O
images	O
from	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
11	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
all	O
photographs	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
retrieve	O
their	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
on	O
that	O
date	O
that	O
free	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
fotopic	B-Algorithm
site	O
would	O
be	O
deactivated	O
on	O
28	O
February	O
.	O
</s>
