On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Sarah Ewart<sarahew...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Dan Dascalescu < > ddascalescu+wikipe...@gmail.com <ddascalescu%2bwikipe...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 06:23, <elipo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> This is similar to the whole "fair use" brouhaha at >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Madeleine_close2.jpg#Licence (the >> photo of Madeleine McCann, a child who's been missing for 2 years) - >> as if Madeleine's family wouldn't wholeheartedly agree to that picture >> being plastered on every website in the world.
I can think of several websites they wouldn't want it plastered on. > I'm sure thats correct and it also makes it easy to resolve - get > permission. I think they're fairly accessible through their website, so an > editor could simply email them, explain what's needed and ask them to > release an image under a compatible license or to provide one that's already > been released under a free license. These types of disputes are usually > easier and quicker to actually resolve than it is to complain and argue > about it. And when someone uses the image in an inappropriate fashion (I know they can do that anyway, without it being on Commons), what then? At a minimum, this image should have the various warnings heavily plastered on it (personality rights or whatever the equivalent is for a missing child), and it should be used with decorum in Wikipedia itself. There are some articles some editors would put it on without realising what offence it might cause. Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
