I noticed. I'm not suprised. I have a book of solo Beatles that is supposed to be an encyclopedia but instead the author thought to bash Yoko (naturally) and Linda McCartney. It's an encyclopedia, you moron! You are supposed to just print the facts NOT your opinion.
Thanks! I don't even know how to add the pictures. Although on one of the pages I do frequent someone did put a picture up. I bet they did it without checking.
I'm a novice here so how can you tell if the photograph is public domain use?
Like say a newspaper and a few web e-zines have the same photograph? Is it now a public domain thing? Probably not.
Pluto--also a Disney character! Some Disneyphile might get cross that Pluto (the dog) isn't the dom. meaning. *LOL* ;) When I think of Pluto and Mars...I think of the planets first.
Like say if Elvis Costello (just an example) decided to drop the Costello and go by Elvis. (which isn't even his real name anyway)--now Elvis (Presley) is the dom. meaning, if you only go by a timeline of who came first.
This stuff is interesting. :)
On Jul 23, 2005, at 8:13 AM, janisc@adelphia.net wrote:
Like say a newspaper and a few web e-zines have the same photograph? Is it now a public domain thing? Probably not.
No, if possible, use photographs you or other Wikipedians have taken themselves. In the case of momentous events, you might claim fair use. Consult [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]].
Fred
Hi Janisc
I'm a novice here so how can you tell if the photograph is public domain use?
If you have taken it by yourself, you can release it in the public domain. (Unless some special cases apply. E.g. photos of installations of the artist Christo are still under HIS copyright, once his installation is taken down, at least in Germany. Photos of pieces of art that you do not own belong to the owner in several countries, if the piece of art is young enough.
If you have not taken the picture yourself, you have to ask the one who took it, whether he/she releases it in the public domain.
If you do not know, simply assume that it *isn't* in the public domain. Besides "fair use" is not enough in several wikipedias apart from en.wikipedia.org, e.g. in the German one.
Kind regards,
Heiko Evermann
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