User talk:Tail
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Again, welcome! Chris Roy 00:34, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Dragon images copyright
Hi Tail, thanks for your response on my talk page. I, too, am unsure about the validity of the "artist dead more than X years" copyright argument, though it appears to be valid in America. While I think it would be OK to use this defense in the case of an old book or print you had bought (or found, or inherited!) yourself, and could simply scan, I think justifying the use of someone else's photo of such an object is more difficult. It implies that the photographer works for free and is nothing more than a passive recorder of an unchanging object, simply pointing his camera at something and letting it do the rest, whereas, of course, there's a lot of skill involved in getting a good record of even a 2-dimensional work. Lighting plays a great part, even more so in the case of sculpture. The equipment used, and the filtration and post-processing of the image (in Photoshop, for example) can make all the difference between a mediocre image and a great one. Also, I feel the effort of obtaining the image should be taken into account: for instance, if I had travelled far and wide researching previously unknown sites for prehistoric rock art, perhaps risking my life in extreme environmemts, and then published a book at my own expense which sold perhaps a dozen copies, I'd be pretty pissed off if one of the dozen people who'd purchased it made all my hard-won images available worldwide, simply because the actual artists had died centuries before. So perhaps we should let someone more competent decide... SiGarb | Talk 15:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
- I feel the same way. Of course, it depends on the specific situation, because I also feel it is best for a great number of people to be able to enjoy the works of artists that have died a long time ago (and that in many cases the use of such images for educational purposes is justifiable).
- So – I agree, it's best to let somebody more competent decide. :) --Tail 14:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sorting Habsburgs
I think you are correct about Mariana of Austria. Keeping the Habsburgs straight and matching pictures with people makes my head hurt. - PKM 23:46, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Survey Invitation
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