[Foundation-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Cary Bass]

Durova wrote:
> An eBay vendor is exploiting a volunteer restoration of the Holocaust.
>
> Another volunteer at Commons first spotted it.
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Durova#Photo_on_ebay
>
> Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
> eBay:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1943-WWII-WARSAW-GHETTO-UPRISING-Jurgen-Stroop-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380794664QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a04728&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
> Restored:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_06b.jpg
> Unrestored:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stroop_Report_-_Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising_06.jpg
>
> Going through their online store revealed a dozen more of my restorations
> for sale, all without credit.  Other featured picture contributors may want
> to review the vendor's collection to see whether their work is also being
> exploited.  I also confirmed items in this vendor's collection that are
> copyrighted to the NAACP and Walt Disney Coporation.  Made relevant phone
> calls this afternoon.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/GEORGE-WASHINGTON-MOUNT-RUSHMORE-CONSTRUCTION-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380798081QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a05481&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Mount Rushmore
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1910s-VERNON-IRENE-CASTLE-Ballroom-Dancing-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380821338QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0af5a&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Vernon and Irene Castle
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/LUDWIG-VAN-BEETHOVEN-German-Composer-Death-Mask-Photo_W0QQitemZ130329176753QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58396ab1&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Beethoven
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1911-HELENE-DUTRIEU-Female-Aviation-Pioneer-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380819313QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0a771&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Helene Dutrieu
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1873-NAVAJO-DINE-NATIVE-AMERICAN-INDIANS-NM-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380819488QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0a820&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Navajo family
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1900S-RAMALLAH-WOMAN-Palestinian-Costume-Photo_W0QQitemZ130329177046QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58396bd6&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Ramallah woman
>
> -Durova
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1882-OSCAR-WILDE-Irish-Playwright-Portrait-Photo-3_W0QQitemZ200380821152QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0aea0&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Oscar Wilde
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1879-CHARLES-ROBERT-DARWIN-Portrait-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380820462QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0abee&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Charles Darwin
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1916-LOUIS-DEMBITZ-BRANDEIS-Portrait-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380819778QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a0a942&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14
> Louis Brandeis
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1943-TYPHOID-VACCINATION-DOCTOR-SCHOOL-GIRL-Photo_W0QQitemZ200380798806QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item2ea7a05756&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Typhoid vaccination
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1941-PEARL-HARBOR-HAWAII-USS-WEST-VIRGINIA-RESCUE-Pic_W0QQitemZ130329160904QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58392cc8&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> USS West Virginia
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-1945-US-Army-63rd-DIVISION-WALDENBURG-Photo_W0QQitemZ130329160282QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArt_Photo_Images?hash=item1e58392a5a&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262
> Waldenburg, Germany
>   
These works are Public Domain. Anyone can use them without credit. Since
your restoration work did not add any additional copyright, there is no
requirement even to credit Wikimedia Commons.

While the project can request that reusers credit you for these works,
we certainly cannot demand it.

-- 
Cary Bass
Volunteer Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation

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