Just reading the news online and came across this article:
http://euobserver.com/851/27587
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
Andrew
That particlar image is not GFDL, It is (I believe) this image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hpim3526.jpg
The license says "The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that credit is given and copyright is attributed..", so it is certainly a violation of Marko Petrovic's copyright.
I don't think that the violation is malicious, just them being slighty lazy and assuming the copyright lies with "wikipedia", they are not trying to claim it as their own. Therefore the first thing would probably be to write them an email pointing out their error and asking them to amend the page.
James
2009/2/24 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
http://euobserver.com/851/27587
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
Andrew
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2009/2/24 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
http://euobserver.com/851/27587
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
Andrew
Normally we poke the author of the image and ask them.
On Feb 24, 1:46 am, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/24 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
Andrew
Normally we poke the author of the image and ask them.
-- geni
"We" being who exactly? Is there a group of people (volunteers or officials) who take it upon themselves to do this?
Andrew
2009/2/24 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
On Feb 24, 1:46 am, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/24 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
Andrew
Normally we poke the author of the image and ask them.
-- geni
"We" being who exactly? Is there a group of people (volunteers or officials) who take it upon themselves to do this?
Andrew
Wikipedians in general when presented with this issue in the past.
At 15:00 -0800 24/2/09, AndrewRT wrote:
On Feb 24, 1:46 am, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
2009/2/24 AndrewRT ratur...@yahoo.co.uk:
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
Andrew
Normally we poke the author of the image and ask them.
-- geni
"We" being who exactly? Is there a group of people (volunteers or officials) who take it upon themselves to do this?
Andrew
I am often asked, but it does not matter if one of my FLICKR images is used under a CC licence with reasonable attribution. My main bugbear is that I have to set the attribution style...
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en_GB
"Attribution. You must give the original author credit."
I am told that I have to define how that credit is done.
Gordo
2009/2/24 AndrewRT raturvey@yahoo.co.uk:
Just reading the news online and came across this article:
http://euobserver.com/851/27587
Look closely and you can see the picture cites "wikipedia"
I know pictures often cite "AFP" like that - but is this enough under the GDFL? If not, what is the procedure for reporting copyright abuses?
The first step is always to ask them nicely to correct their mistake.
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