On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Arnaud HERVE <arnaudherve@x-mail.net> wrote:
On 12/09/2011 13:45, Sydney Poore wrote:
> No, not really. The assumption is toward the uploader having the
> appropriate permission if it appears to be an amateur image and it has
> not obvious signs of being a copyright violation. People have been in
> disagreement about whether images that are "controversial content"
> should be be held to a higher level of scrutiny. Some people say that
> we are be biased if we require a higher level of scrutiny for images
> of naked people. I disagree, but think that we really need to have a
> higher level of scrutiny for all images with identifiable people.  By
> requiring model consent, we would solve a large part of the problems
> with the images on Commons.


Let us not forget that for many males the decision to post an image of
their nude girl-friend online is a deliberate insult. Precisely, that is
their revenge after they have been dumped by said girl-friend.

In such a context, any domestic nude photo should be deemed suspicious.
Unless there is the explicit consent of the girl, but I assume I am not
very far from truth in assuming all those photos are posted by males.

Less frequently, such a tolerance might also encourage the publication
of incest. More concretely, in this "Korean" case today, a small but not
neglectable probability exists that it is the author's daughter. It can
happen.

I agree that this is a potential problem. We know that people upload images of people to disparage, embarrass or harass them. People in some societies usually do not go nude in public, or publicly publish images of themselves performing sex acts. In fact most people don't anywhere in the world although it does happen in some places more than others.

Right now, I think  that we should assume that most people value their privacy, and unless they have actively given consent for a nude image we should delete it to protect their right to privacy, and the right to control the way that their photograph is used.

Sydney

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