If you do get permission from the current copyright holders (which as Jarek mentioned may be the heirs of the original photographer), make sure that they explicitly identify which license they want to release the images under. If they just state that they are donating the images to Wikipedia or Commons, that will not be sufficient to establish a free license. Good luck!On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Felix Nartey <flixtey@gmail.com> wrote:_______________________________________________Hi all,Sorry if this is not the right forum to ask this, but I wish to seek assistance on my thoughts below and i will be very grateful if i am directed to the right forum if this is not. Just to create certain on this matter before i proceed to uploading contents.I have quite a number of pictures about the history of my country (Ghana) which were taken over 50 years ago. Now i am looking forward to uploading these contents but have encountered the following obstacles:1. The real copyright holder of some of the pictures is dead and i have been thinking of how to go about this. How do we upload such content on who do we say is the copyrightholder, because once i upload contents of someone else i must prove the release of copyright by the owner and under which license the owner wants it shared.2.The real copyright holder is very old and ill and not even in the country. We have spoken to a close contact who has confirmed use but we are still working on a Skype chat or hangout to discuss the release of rights with the hope that the recorded video chat could be a source of proof.Kindly advice what to do.Best regards,--Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA | Community Manager WMGH | About me | +233 242 844987 | Check out!!
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