On 3/12/07, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@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:
- I contacted the person who originally uploaded it to the Find-A-Grave
site, and he said he thought the photo wasn't copyrighted.
- 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
on 3/11/07 8:57 PM, geni at geniice@gmail.com wrote:
I think this is not an approach that is good for wikipedia. I see no reason to adopt a copyright policy from youtube.
I'm sure you're right - I was grasping.
Best bet might be to add something to requested images or use userboxes to try and find a wikipedian in the area.
I don't understand what either of these mean, Geni.
Marc