El 5/14/09 3:16 PM, private musings escribió:
- Commons currently hosts many pictures, taken in
a public place, without
the apparent permission of the subject, of various folk in various states of
undress (think topless women at the beach as the best example) - I think
this is inappropriate and disrespectful, though undoubtedly legal.
- Commons hosts pictures (such as the one linked to upthread) which seem
highly unlikely to me to be genuinely released under a free licence, with
the much more likely explanation that a n'eer do well has cheekily stolen a
pic from some website - I believe good faith is often exploited in this
regard.
These are unrelated issues -- questionable sources and lack of subject
consent apply just as much to non-nude and non-sexual images, and should
be pursued regardless of any possible change to how we treat sexual images.
-- brion