[WikiEN-l] More fair use image overreaching

[Brian Salter-Duke]

On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 11:54:59PM -0800, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>  Brian Salter-Duke wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 11:41:54PM -0500, Nathan wrote:
> >   
> >> Again - fair use implies you are utilizing a specific legal doctrine in
> >> order to justify using someone elses copyrighted work. If its your own
> >> copyrighted work, then fair use doesn't apply to uses that you 
> >> specifically
> >> authorize.
> >>     
> > This all seems rather odd. I can ask my mate to upload my picture for
> > my article (if I had one) but I can not do it myself. Duh.
>  By "my picture" I presume you mean one of you rather than by you. We had 
>  some time back the case of a user who had himself photographed in front of a 
>  major European tourist attraction.  IIRC some people were claiming that he 
>  should have gotten permission from the convenient passerby who actually 
>  snapped the shot before he put the picture online.  Since it was a picture 
>  of him it was obvious that he did not take it himself. :-(

Sure you can take a picture of yourself with timing devices on a camera.
I understand the point above but this is not it. Also what about my wife
takes the picture and then hands over all rights to me?
 
>  Ec

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