[Foundation-l] [Commons-l] 1.6 Billion USD to spare? How about liberation of some pic...

Thu Jan 24 02:29:20 UTC 2008

David Monniaux wrote:
> I think there is one important issue that precludes widespread reuse by 
> responsible people: we make no warranty whatsoever about the correctness 
> of the licences - and it's to be expected, since the licensing 
> information is filled in by users on which we have no a priori control.
>
> When people buy photographs from Getty and so on, they not only buy a 
> photograph but also some kind of insurance that they can safely use 
> them. If they get sued for copyright infringement, they will say "hey, I 
> bought this photograph from Getty, who certified that it was legit! sue 
> THEM!".
Oh, really? http://www.gettyimages.com/Corporate/Terms.aspx

--Michael Snow