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.
--Peter