On 10/17/06, David Monniaux David.Monniaux@free.fr wrote:
This should remind teachers and parents that things such as using copyrighted photographs for a publicly displayed work (say, the kind of "students' works" shown during "open doors" days or at end of the year) may result in legal issues. After all, what SACEM does, the societies collecting rights for photographs may do. (Though I suspect they would have the common sense not to create themselves a public relation disaster.)
I think the amusing one would be when one of the kids takes their school to court for violating their copyright.
In any case, running things with the knowledge that things are ok because people will break the law and no one will bother does not sound like a sound approach.
Wikimédia France is trying to push many buttons to get public sources of photographs to release them under free licenses. It is not easy, believe me.
Regards
Even if they do release them under a free lisence how were you planning to get hold of them?