On 31 May 2012 09:23, Caroline Becker <carobecker54(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The Flickr account has been closed down (usually
for breach of Flickr's
terms of service). Note that there are no 18 USC 2257 records demonstrating
that the persons depicted were 18 or over. According to my understanding of
US law, any Wikimedian who uploads or inserts such an image without having
documentation of model age, name, and publication consent is in breach of
US law; see discussion at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Philippe_(WMF)#Implications_of_225…
Andreas
Does it also apply to artwork of nude underages, such as
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Boy_playing_jonchets_by_Julien-C…
or
the trillion paintings with nude babies ?
No, because that's not a sexual image (which is what 2257 relates to).
Tom