On 12/09/2011 13:45, Sydney Poore wrote:
No, not really. The assumption is toward the uploader having the appropriate permission if it appears to be an amateur image and it has not obvious signs of being a copyright violation. People have been in disagreement about whether images that are "controversial content" should be be held to a higher level of scrutiny. Some people say that we are be biased if we require a higher level of scrutiny for images of naked people. I disagree, but think that we really need to have a higher level of scrutiny for all images with identifiable people. By requiring model consent, we would solve a large part of the problems with the images on Commons.
Let us not forget that for many males the decision to post an image of their nude girl-friend online is a deliberate insult. Precisely, that is their revenge after they have been dumped by said girl-friend.
In such a context, any domestic nude photo should be deemed suspicious. Unless there is the explicit consent of the girl, but I assume I am not very far from truth in assuming all those photos are posted by males.
Less frequently, such a tolerance might also encourage the publication of incest. More concretely, in this "Korean" case today, a small but not neglectable probability exists that it is the author's daughter. It can happen.