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Cary Bass wrote: | Daniel Kinzler wrote: | | |> http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/medien/wsj_chefredaktor_1.739127.html | Robert | |> Thomsons image. | | | | I see an low-res image used in editorial context, showing a person of | interest, | | not something copyrighted on its own; this may be fair use (a pokemon | shirt | | would be, under the same circumstances). The photo copytion sais "pd" | without | | any explanation what is meant by that. Might even be the photographers | initials, | | who knows. I can't see why this Image would be legally PD anyway. | | I would see this as the photograph being credited to a staff member with | initials "pd" rather than Public Domain (what is the term for Public | Domain in German anyway?). I would expect Public Domain to be | explicitly written, not "pd". |
After speaking with a Swiss German user--he seems to be under the impression that "pd" stands for "Pressdokumentation"; literally "Press documentation" or "Press kit" as we commonly refer to it in the US. - -- Cary Bass Volunteer Coordinator
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