If you do get permission from the current copyright holders (which as Jarek
mentioned may be the heirs of the original photographer), make sure that
they explicitly identify which license they want to release the images
under. If they just state that they are donating the images to Wikipedia or
Commons, that will not be sufficient to establish a free license. Good luck!
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Felix Nartey <flixtey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Sorry if this is not the right forum to ask this, but I wish to seek
assistance on my thoughts below and i will be very grateful if i am
directed to the right forum if this is not. Just to create certain on this
matter before i proceed to uploading contents.
I have quite a number of pictures about the history of my country (Ghana)
which were taken over 50 years ago. Now i am looking forward to uploading
these contents but have encountered the following obstacles:
1. The real copyright holder of some of the pictures is dead and i have
been thinking of how to go about this. How do we upload such content on who
do we say is the copyrightholder, because once i upload contents of someone
else i must prove the release of copyright by the owner and under which
license the owner wants it shared.
2.The real copyright holder is very old and ill and not even in the
country. We have spoken to a close contact who has confirmed use but we are
still working on a Skype chat or hangout to discuss the release of rights
with the hope that the recorded video chat could be a source of proof.
Kindly advice what to do.
Best regards,
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