Image talk:SeasickSteve.jpg

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[edit] Fair Use

I could not find any free to use pictures for this artist, i have asked people who have seen him live and no-one seems to have an appropriate picture. This picture is copyrighted by seasick steve himself, and is a proper promotional picture. As such, i think that it is the most appropriate picture for the article. If it is wanted, i could email Seasick Steve and ask for his personal permission to have the photo on here?

Please reply JimHxn 09:06, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Please do write him, but don't just ask for his permission for the photo to be on Wikipedia—that's too narrow for us. We need the photo to be freely-reproduceable for any purpose, including commercial. The best way to do that is to release the photo under the GFDL or the Creative Commons "by" or "by-sa" licenses. If you like, I have a form letter you can use in whole or part. And do let me know on my talk page if you have any questions. —Chowbok ☠ 15:16, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

In actual fact, the copyright for the image is not owned by Steve. Whilst permission was given for it's use on the CD cover, the image was comissioned by www.bluesinlondon.com to go with an interview with Steve. Copyright rests with photgrapher Andrew Hall and should be credited as such.

    • OK, seems like ↑↑↑ was right, here's what a S.S representative S.S replied (S.S himself is touring):

Hi Jim I'm replying for Seasick as he is on the road now. The photo is property of Andy Hall in london. On Steve's web site, actually on the photos i think it shows his website but it is www.andyhallphoto.com. You can ask Andy via his website. You can tell him it is fine with us! Thanks Jim for your interest. The Skunk

So now, I'm emailing Andy Hall, please don't delete this picture untill i've got a response. thanks JimHxn 16:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

      • Ok, Andy has replied:

Hi Jim, Many thanks for your email. It's refreshing to see an organisation taking this issue so seriously. I would like to support Wikipedia and therefore would like to agree to the image's usage as long as I am identified as the author. I haven't had chance to look at the image licence links you sent in any depth, and expect that I'd be bamboozled by the terminology anyway. Is this email enough notification for you, or do I need to complete something more formal?I'd prefer my credit (if possible) to be: andyhallphoto.com. Best regards, Andy

What should I reply? Is this enough to change the licence? JimHxn 19:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Write him back and say the picture has to be able to be used for any purpose--including commercial reuse and the creation of derivatives. The important thing is that it is not enough for him to simply give permission for the picture to be used on Wikipedia! Ideal would be one of the Creative Commons licenses CC-BY or CC-BY-SA. If you send him the links http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en he shouldn't be "bamboozled"; they're summaries designed to be understandable by ordinary people. If he picks one of those, we're great, and you can change the licensing info. —Angr 14:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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