[WikiEN-l] Attributing "attribution required" free images

[Charlotte Webb]

On 10/29/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> PS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ states that "You must
> attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but
> not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the
> work)." but in practice no one seems to specify a particular method.
> The ramifications of that practice are open for discussion.

In that case, displaying the photographer's name (or more commonly,
whatever nick they use on flickr.com) on the description page of the
image is probably adequate unless they have explicitly specified their
desire for something above and beyond that.

There are other options too. Some people put their name in the image
meta-data. Others use a watermark (but could one legally remove this
if the license allows "derivative works"? hmm...), And then there is
at least one guy always includes his name as part of the image title
for his own "cc-by" photos.[1]

[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=upload&user=DavidShankbone
-- lots of good stuff there (some of it n.s.f.w.)

—C.W.