At least yours is a reasonable view, and not merely a ninnyish fear of being sued.
SV
--- Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/3/05, steve v vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
If we really wanted to be nutty about IP law we
could
have taken down all the Abu Ghraib photos, as they were put up only on a prima fascia claim of public domain -- which assumed that the
models/photographer's
claim of "official duties" would stand in court.
They probably weren't public domain. However there may be a strong public interest argument for displaying those photographs. I'm not sure whether it would be wise to have an official policy on that (it would almost certainly be abused) but it's a good thing to bear in mind when considering the appropriateness of important photographs from unknown sources.
The public interest argument might work better for wikinews. I'm not sure whether it would fly as well on the Wikipedia site. However Wikipedia has recently become noted for the speed and reliability of its coverage of current events, so it's obviously not in the same position that, say, Britannica might be if it carried Abu Ghraib photographs without permission.
I'm not a lawyer, so the above is purely speculative. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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