[Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 24, Issue 25

[Ray Saintonge]

! Chris Sherlock wrote:

>>Anthony DiPierro wrote:
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>>>On 3/17/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>What really brought my attention to this matter is an image recently
>>>>proposed as a featured image on enwiki:
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sunbathe_Buttocks.jpg ... Now it
>>>>may be that the image was created with the consent of the subjects, I
>>>>don't intend to criticize this particular image...   But really, lets
>>>>consider such an image with identifiable subjects who didn't know the
>>>>image had been taken.  What if she were to return to her dorm room and
>>>>find the Wikipedia article on sunbathing stapled to it?   Were the
>>>>image taken without her consent it's quite possible that she'd be
>>>>pissed, and I believe that she'd be justified. There is no reason that
>>>>illustrations like this in Wikipedia can't be ones which are created
>>>>with the subjects consent.  So even ignoring any possible legal issues
>>>>with such images, I think we're breaking good ethics to use images
>>>>like this without the subjects consent.
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>>>In a case like the one you give, I agree.  Wikipedia should respect
>>>people's right to privacy (which applies in cases where the identity
>>>of the person is not important for any educational/newsworthy
>>>purpose).
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>>What is unclear about the picture is whether the subject is
>>identifiable.  She has a towel (or something) over her head which would
>>hide her identity.
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>I would just like to point out that the lady to the left is flipping the
>bird at the camera-man. Might not be too happy to have her photo on
>Wikipedia I think.
>
Maybe it's just my browser, but her face is hidden in a big shadow.  
Perhaps, others are seeing it better.

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