-----Original Message----- From: Ray Saintonge [mailto:saintonge@telus.net] Sent: Friday, February 2, 2007 12:55 PM To: 'English Wikipedia' Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Picture copyrights - an interesting article
Arwel Parry wrote:
There's an interesting article on picture copyrights in todays' "Guardian", "A picture paints a thousand invoices" http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2002905,00.html
It might be worth linking to this article when people complain about non-free images being deleted!
I think that those being asked for these ridiculous fees could have a good case for criminal extortion. The article says nothing about what happens if these people resist the demands.
Ec
Probably pay the fee plus attorney's fees.
Fred