On 5/21/06, Peter Mackay peter.mackay@bigpond.com wrote:
It's morally wrong in any sort of degree. Stealing a cent is the same crime as stealing a million.
Whether you are going to be prosecuted for it is an entirely different question.
Claiming copyright over something you don't own is morally wrong, even if nobody gives a rat's bum.
Assuming that 1. we all agree that something like claiming that you have IP ownership over a snapshot of yourself, even if it is not legally clear cut, is "morally wrong" and 2. that Wikipedia image policy should be directed around "moral" concerns (I think that's a barn door of problems that we really don't need to open), the "moral" problem here lies in the person who took the picture and is claiming they have the ability to license it.
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