[WikiEN-l] Joan Finney photo - final appeal

[Guettarda]

On 3/11/07, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.


I agree with Geni - unless the person who uploaded the image to Find-A-Grave
can show that it isn't copyright (which would probably mean that the image
was explicitly released under a free license or into the public domain) the
assumption should be that it is copyright.