Monahon, Peter B. wrote:
...as long as we don't accept seriously substandard photographs of celebrities, if it's similar in appearance...
Copyright infringement case law allow damages for publishing look-alike pictures, even if only in design, layout, or theme - not just outright "copies".
What's the context for that? Surely there must be an intent to make it look like something that already exists. Two independently produced photographs that happen to look alike are not infringements.
My challenge is who takes responsibility? Wikipedia, or the submitter, or the photographer?
Clearly, the submitter. He is the one publishing the material.
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