[WikiEN-l] NYT: Wikipedia May Be a Font of Facts, but It’s a Desert for Photos

[Matthew Brown]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Carcharoth<carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> You would also likely need more than just "author". You would need to
> prove that you were the author, or had permission from the author (in
> many cases, they will want permission from the author, unless the
> author is dead or something). You will also need to show that the
> author holds the copyright, and not someone else.

Currently a user can upload a photograph themselves to the Commons,
claim they are the author, and no proof is needed.

We only question further if there is cause for suspicion.

I don't recommend that we ask for any more than a definitive statement
that, yes, they are the author and hold the copyright.   How does,
after all, someone prove that a photograph is theirs?  Few cameras
stamp their images with a serial number or digital signature proving
which device took it, after all.

-Matt