Re: [WikiEN-l] No PD

Property can ordinarily be given away. What is needed is clear intent. If intellectual property is somehow an exception this would need to be demonstrated. Definitive demonstration is probably impossible but one would look in decisions of courts of appeal such as the Supreme Court of the United States. I doubt they or other federal courts have addressed this issue specifically. I don't see how the language, "I release this image into the public domain" would fail. If it is not sufficient by itself, estoppel would come into play. Estoppel is the principle that if there is forseeable reliance on your representation you can't come along later and say that what you said didn't really mean what it seemed to. Fred _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l