[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Michel Vuijlsteke]

2009/9/17 Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com>

> The Louis Brandeis restoration was 20 hours' labor.  Extensive staining and
> chemical damage required careful reconstruction including large portions of
> his face.  It is, likewise, shocking to encounter a senior editor--an
> arbitrator no less--who calmly presumes such work entails no creative input
> and no share of authorship.


I personally think image restoration is more like painting by numbers than
creative work.

It's like "creating" an Ikea bookcase: there is some *skill* involved but no
artistic or creative input. And if it's done properly, there's no way of
telling who did assembled the bookcase, or indeed restored the image.

Michel