[WikiEN-l] Joan Finney photo - final appeal

[geni]

On 3/12/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
> To any and all.
>
> I am still trying to determine if there are copyright issues with the Joan
> Finney - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Finney - photo which is linked to
> her Article via Find-A-Grave. To recap what I've accomplished thus far:
>
> 1) I contacted the person who originally uploaded it to the Find-A-Grave
> site, and he said he thought the photo wasn't copyrighted.
>
> 2) I have emailed the Find-A-Grave site twice and still have received no
> reply.
>
> It's a terrific photo, and I think it would look great on her Article page.
> My question is: couldn't someone just go ahead and upload it - and if there
> are issues down the line - they can be dealt with then?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Marc Riddell

I think this is not an approach that is good for wikipedia. I see no
reason to adopt a copyright policy from youtube.

Best bet might be to add something to requested images or use
userboxes to try and find a wikipedian in the area.


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geni