Except when process protects us from (potentially lenghty and costly)
legal proceedings. Without a tag, it is not clear whether we have the
right to even host the image.
Sincerely,
Silas Snider
(en:User:Simonfairfax)
On 7/26/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/26/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 7/26/06, Guettarda <guettarda(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
On 7/26/06, Steve Bennett
<stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Is it not, theoretically speaking, possible for
someone just to assert
ownership of it, and upload it under public domain? They can take full
responsibility for any (highly unlikely) challenge to their ownership
of it coming from the family or estate or whatever?
(but in any case, yes, this is a sad situation)
Steve
I'd sooner make the (somewhat suspect) claim of fair use - after all, it's
an article about the subject, etc.
In thoery you could ask his estate but they might be difficult to get hold of.
--
geni
I think you are all missing Antheres point. Who cares whether it's
fair use or not? Do we really have to be so anal about the rules that
we will infact bring this to IfD, instead of just quietly ignoring the
copyright issue in this very special unique case. We are people, for
christs sake, not automatons! Sometimes, process is not that
important.
--Oskar
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