Hoi, The CC does NOT say that the license of a low resolution image allows for the use of a high resolution image. This is because it depends on the law of the land. Some countries consider them to be the same where other do not. Thanks, GerardM
On 5 June 2014 07:59, Jeevan Jose jkadavoor@gmail.com wrote:
In many recent discussions in Wikimedia Commons, I noticed that many of our media contributors are not well aware of the terms of licenses they grant. Main confusions are in three areas:
- Attribution: Many people think we can demand attribution near the work
used in off wiki cases. But according to CC, a mere link/hyper link to the source is enough for attribution as we practiced in WMF projects. I don't know whether all courts agree with it; but our contributors should be aware of it. Anyway there is no separate agreement between the contributors and Wikimedia; people can't expect more for off wiki uses. Moreover, many uploads are by third parties; so no chances for such special agreements. (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Com... ) 2. File resolution: Recently CC clarified that the license is applicable for the copyright eligible works; so it may applicable for high quality file of that work too. (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Could_some... ) 3. Personality/privacy rights in case of self portraits: Here also CC advised that such rights may affected. (
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#How_are_publicity.2C_privacy.2C_and_pers... ,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Photographs_of_identifiable_... )
In most cases, people reveal such things very late, try to defend, and ended up in edit wars and even a block. So do we have a responsibility to educate the contributors than misusing their ignorance in such cases? Regards, Jee _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe