This is the reply I got from the TOI editor. FYI
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On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:09 PM, B Pradeep Nair <> wrote:
Hi Tinu,
Saw your mail... Ya, that was a lapse.... Well, it looks like the
illustration was made long back for a specific article, but it was stored in
our images bank, and it got used for the article on caste, without much
realising that Wikipedia logo was also there on it, making matters worse.
I am getting that image deleted from the bank of stored images in our
system, so it never ever gets used again.
Thanks a lot, Tinu, for bringing this to my notice.
Please do let me know in case there are any similar instances.
-Pradeep
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On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:59 PM, CherianTinu Abraham
<tinucherian(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Even I noticed it.
Btw TOI covered our meetup more than 2 times.
Anyways I am bringing this to the attention of a senior TOI editor whom I
personally know.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I noticed this. As I suggested, maybe we should
write a long letter to
them, because I believe, nobody has actually taken any steps to correct it.
And ToI coincidentally, is the Newspaper in Bangalore who NEVER attended a
meetup, as far as I know.
Regards,
On 31 May 2010 18:50, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpnadig(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Found out about this through a friend's
twitter post. Times of India has
used Wikipedia logo on today's Times Nation page, in an article that has
nothing to do with Wikipedia. The image has been used merely as a stock
image for creating the graphic required for the feature. This clearly is a
violation of copyrighted material. Just thought I'd bring this to your
attention.
http://bit.ly/aQRu18
ToI is known to have flicked images from Wikimedia commons earlier as
well. Refer:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snandy_81/3278245833/
http://kalyanvarma.net/journal/2010/02/11/toi-steals-cc-works/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arunganesh/4345797042/
The top news paper is all set to become the shame of India in Indian
copyright history. :)
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