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

[Robert Rohde]

On 10/29/07, Charlotte Webb <charlottethewebb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> <snip>
> Others use a watermark (but could one legally remove this
> if the license allows "derivative works"? hmm...),

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Both GFDL and CC-BY prohibit derivative works from removing "copyright
notices" appearing in the original.  The licenses are ambiguous about
whether one can validly relocate such notices that are embedded in the image
to the description page.

Standing practice on Commons is to remove watermarks when possible, but also
to allow the uploader a free hand to request deletion of the image if they
object to that removal.

-Robert Rohde