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[edit] Copyright status
I'll e-mail PETA and ask for clarification. My understanding is that none of these images are copyrighted by the activists who take them. SlimVirgin (talk) 01:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
- That statement cannot be true under current copyright law. All creative content, including virtually all photographs, is copyrighted from the moment of creation, whether the artist wishes to copyright it or not. These particular photographers may have indicated that they do not wish to enforce their copyright interests, but they have copyright interests nonetheless. In any case, we have no record of any such statement.
- Furthermore, PETA's licensing statement is contradictory, since they seem to claim that supposedly "uncopyrighted" content is available only for "personal, noncommercial" purposes, which amounts to an assertion of copyright. Courts typically interpret such statements as an invocation of copyright. PETA cannot both disclaim copyright and assert the right to restrict use to "personal, noncommercial" use; it needs to pick one or the other. Until they do, we have to assume that they are asserting copyright and act accordingly. Kelly Martin (talk) 15:41, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
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- I've been told before that the activist images on the website are in the public domain, but I've contacted PETA again to ask for an explicit release of this specific image, and they say they'll try to get back to me later today. My guess is that they don't realize their disclaimer contradicts itself, but I should know more later. SlimVirgin (talk) 17:28, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
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- They've e-mailed an explicit release for this image, so I've updated the page and I'll forward the e-mail to the Foundation. SlimVirgin (talk) 18:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
