[WikiEN-l] Public Domain in occupied Iraq

Tue Oct 4 14:29:35 UTC 2005

> If we really wanted to be nutty about IP law we could
> have taken down all the Abu Ghraib photos, as they
> were put up only on a prima fascia claim of public
> domain -- which assumed that the models/photographer's
> claim of "official duties" would stand in court. AIUI,
> according to military law rulings, those soldiers were
> not performing "official" duties. :) Would we need to
> go visit the photographers in prison to inquire if
> they want to release them under PD-GNU-CC?

I thought the doctrine of equitable estoppel prevented a party from making
one claim in one court case and then making the opposite claim in another
court case.