On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:26 AM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
And we can see that you give credit to the site from where you took it. So your example does not pass that test.
Would you be willing to load a picture without giving credit to from where you took it?
You asked: "Should you be able to take my photograph (without my consent) and post it to Commons?" I provided an instance of a photograph I copied without the photographer's consent and uploaded to commons. Which is what you wanted. Whether I provided a link back to the site doesn't affect the legality of the action.