G'day Peter,
From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Mark Wagner
On 5/21/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
Yeah, we got lots of such pictures. I think we've established that these images are non-controversial and the problem is
finding the best
way for uploaders to license them without claiming ownership.
Seems to me the best solution is to tag it as {{GFDL}} or {{PD}} or whatever, and add a note of "Taken at my request".
Mmmm, but does requesting someone to take a photograph actually give you copyright over the resulting image? I don't think it does, without explicit assignment.
When I take a photo for someone else, using his camera, so that he can appear in the photograph as well, the *last* thing on my mind is "who gets copyright?" I'm just pressing a button as a favour to a tourist or something (latest example, an immigrant who wanted to send a photo of himself frolicking in < 1cm of snow home, to say to his parents "look, it's really cold in Canberra!").
Unless my views are totally out of touch with those of the average passer-by (who knows, they could be), I think most would, if they consider copyright at all, be happy to let the subject have it.