On 11/09/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
David Gerard wrote:
Well, yeah. Closest I've come to this is e.g. uploading an image by [[:en:User:Arkady Rose]] (my girlfriend) to Commons because she can't be bothered creating Yet Another Login. I uploaded it myself and said
The key here is: we trust you to have done the right thing. We can do that with people we know and trust. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:IMG_5934.JPG is an image I uploaded for someone else.
Yeah. Regular editors, we should be taking their word for it.
I suppose the problem is if a reuser gets strife in a case where it turns out the author didn't give said permission, or doesn't think they did, and they've used it in print so that the obvious remedy of just taking it down isn't possible and there may be actual damages payable. To what extent do we need to ensure against this? Perhaps an added note on the reusers' FAQ as to the importance of checking for oneself.
- d.