[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Durova]

A new creative copyright is generated each time a tourist stands beneath the
Venus de Milo and takes a snapshot due to the inherent creative decision in
choosing angle and lighting when photographing three dimensional artwork.
Creative copyright also attaches when the same tourist heads over to the
Mona Lisa and takes another snapshot, since the frame around the Mona Lisa
is three dimensional (there's also the creative joy of capturing dozens of
tourist ballcaps in the periphery).

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Derivative_works

Compare that creative effort to--for example--the creative intuition of
reconstructing Admiral David Farragut's eyes.  This was the man who said,
"Damn the torpedoes.  Full speed ahead!"  Working on his portrait at 700%
resolution, I was fascinated by that quote.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AdmFarragut.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adm2.jpg

At the time of that work I was thinking if it came out right, a viewer might
imagine for an instant that Admiral Farragut was capable of turning and
ordering another assault on New Orleans.  Of course with eyes a few pixels
moved and the expression could have turned out entirely different.

-Durova

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipedia at zog.org>wrote:

> 2009/9/18 Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com>
>
> > If I were to place restorations under copyleft license it would backfire.
> > Not necessarily backfire against me personally, but against the free
> > culture
> > movement.  Look at the "paint by numbers" analogies within this list
> > thread:
>
> many people cannot distinguish between careful hand restoration and simple
> > crop/filter/auto-levels editing.  My featured picture restorations take
> > about ten hours' labor on average and one of my greatest fears is that
> > fellow Wikimedians will mistake that for five minutes of running
> plug-ins.
> > Imagine how simple it would be for an institution to protect its income
> > stream by exploiting that confusion.
> >
>
> I'm sorry, but I don't understand your argument.
> I know firsthand that hand restoration takes time. I also know that some
> people can't distinguish hand restoration from dust&scratches + auto
> levels.
>
> I stand by my painting by numbers analogy for most digital restorations.
> But
> even if it weren't the case, and digital restoration was as incomparibly
> hard an frought with judgement calls as, say, the [[Restoration of the
> Sistine Chapel frescoes]]... do the restorers assert any rights? Should
> they
> be able to?
>
> Michel
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