[Commons-l] "How the anti-copyright lobby makes big business richer"

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On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, David Gerard wrote:

> (Mind you, I already get phone calls from journalists who can't work
> out what the hell is where on the typical image description page. The
> current format *sucks* for reusers, even when they find their image.
> Anyone want to work out an Image: page that looks more like something
> you'd see in a commercial photo archive, or on Flickr?)

Looking at a typical image I've uplaoded to Commons 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:43040-CastleCary-01.jpg
I cannot see how the layout can be improved on for the elements a resuer 
needs:
Picture
Description (including source)
License

I acutally think this is easier to find the information on, particualrly 
re licensing, than on Flickr. I have no experience of commercial photo 
archives, so I don't know how they operate.

What about the current layout do journalists not understand/not like?

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