[Foundation-l] Free images and model releases

Mon Mar 20 22:41:29 UTC 2006

Anthony DiPierro wrote:

>On 3/17/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>What really brought my attention to this matter is an image recently
>>proposed as a featured image on enwiki:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sunbathe_Buttocks.jpg ... Now it
>>may be that the image was created with the consent of the subjects, I
>>don't intend to criticize this particular image...   But really, lets
>>consider such an image with identifiable subjects who didn't know the
>>image had been taken.  What if she were to return to her dorm room and
>>find the Wikipedia article on sunbathing stapled to it?   Were the
>>image taken without her consent it's quite possible that she'd be
>>pissed, and I believe that she'd be justified. There is no reason that
>>illustrations like this in Wikipedia can't be ones which are created
>>with the subjects consent.  So even ignoring any possible legal issues
>>with such images, I think we're breaking good ethics to use images
>>like this without the subjects consent.
>>    
>>
>In a case like the one you give, I agree.  Wikipedia should respect
>people's right to privacy (which applies in cases where the identity
>of the person is not important for any educational/newsworthy
>purpose).
>
What is unclear about the picture is whether the subject is 
identifiable.  She has a towel (or something) over her head which would 
hide her identity.

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