Forgive me if I&#39;m off base here, but from what I understand it.  The images to be lost are &quot;<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">25</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">%</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">photographic elements</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">remaining</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">under the</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">control of</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">liquidator </span><span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">photographers</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">without a signed</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">contract</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">with</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Corbis</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Corporation</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">represented</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">by </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Sygma</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">)&quot;. <br>
<br>That would seem to indicate that regardless of how they got these images, they don&#39;t have a contract on file and that concerns me.  Are we even sure that if the Foundation bought the photos, that they&#39;d be able to release them? And how in the bloody hell would commons handle more than double the amount of content it already has.  Sure, going from 10 million files to 22 million files would be kick ass, but that would be a MAJOR amount of work for EVERYONE involved.<br>
<br>(Not saying it&#39;s a bad idea, just concerned).<br>-Jon<br></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 17:29, Gnangarra <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gnangarra@gmail.com">gnangarra@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><a href="http://www.ajmj.fr/php/annuaire/pageFicheAnnuaire.php?id=354" target="_blank">http://www.ajmj.fr/php/annuaire/pageFicheAnnuaire.php?id=354</a><br>
<br>if my french still serves me<br><ul><li>Stephane Gorrias</li>
<li>
				Mandataire Judiciaire			</li><li>Près la Cour D&#39;appel De Versailles            </li><li>
				Tribunal principal : 			</li><li>Année d&#39;inscription : 2003</li><li>SCP : SCP BECHERET-THIERRY-SENECHAL-GORRIAS            	
            </li><li>Courriel : <a href="mailto:stephane.gorrias@ajmj.fr" target="_blank">stephane.gorrias@ajmj.fr</a></li><li> </li><li>Domicile Professionnel</li><li>1 Place Boieldieu</li><li>75002 PARIS</li><li>Télécopie : 01 40 28 06 70</li>

</ul>these are the contact details<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 February 2011 06:44, Jimmy Wales <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jwales@wikia-inc.com" target="_blank">jwales@wikia-inc.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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Happy to help if I can, but it does seem that the photos are physical objects and therefore possibly expensive to store/digitize.  If someone can help me find the email address of the decision maker there, I&#39;m happy to open or lend support to a conversation with them.<br>


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It isn&#39;t clear from the blog whether they own only the physical objects or also the copyrights.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><div></div><div><br>
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On 2/26/11 12:28 PM, Gnangarra wrote:<br>
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<a href="http://blog.melchersystem.com/2011/02/25/the-fire-this-time/" target="_blank">http://blog.melchersystem.com/2011/02/25/the-fire-this-time/</a><br>
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12 Million Photographs are to be destroyed because liquidators cant find<br>
a buyer?<br>
<br>
these arent just random landscape photos, these are photos are from the<br>
fench news agency Sygma<br>
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Wikimedia-france, Jimbo, any chance they could find their way to Commons<br>
rather than just being destroyed and lost for ever.......<br>
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--<br>
GN.<br>
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</div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>GN.<br>Photo Gallery: <a href="http://gnangarra.redbubble.com" target="_blank">http://gnangarra.redbubble.com</a><br>
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