[Foundation-l] Spectrum of views (was Re: Sexual Imagery on Commons: where the discussion is happening)

[Elias Gabriel Amaral da Silva]

2010/5/13 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com>:
> Samuel Klein wrote:
>>
>> I agree strongly with this.  You are right to point out the connection
>> to improving BLP policies -- we should be much more careful to
>> confirming model rights for people in any potentially exploitative or
>> embarrassing photos.
>>
>> Such ideas have been around for a long time.  What are the arguments
>> against implementing stronger requirements for images of people?
>>
>
> Not an argument as such, but I would imagine that
> with regard to amateur photography of all sorts, in
> the long term the main effect would be to educate
> them in the correct practices of model rights. After
> all I would expect that amateur photographers would
> not really have great difficulty in obtaining model
> rights, once they know that is a requirement.

Why just amateur photos? Professional should respect model rights as
much as amateur photos.

> None of these is an argument against, as such, just
> pointing out some of the ramifications that might
> follow. My guess is that after a lot of existing images
> were removed, the ratio of new images uploaded would
> infact be skewed *in* *favor* of amateur images,
> rather than *against*. I could be wrong of course.

Interesting. Why do you think so?

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Elias Gabriel Amaral da Silva <tolkiendili at gmail.com>