User talk:Picknick99

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There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful information about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

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Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 18:44, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I am not quite clear what is wanted from me. I took the photo nearly fifty years ago

Humbug, my bad. Everything is properly done by you. My apologies. --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 15:59, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello Hedwig. thanks for your reply. So I take it everything is ok with Ps0027.jpg. I uploaded it as an experiment really - it's a photo I took nearly fifty years ago! Now I am having some trouble uploading a couple of other photos. My theory was if I got the subject/owner of the photo to gift it to me along with all associated rights to do with as I wish (I have this in writing) then I assume that legally it then belongs to me and I can use it. If this is not acceptable to Wiki then what is? 2.223.56.188 16:49, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes, the steamer is fine. And yes again. I explained it on my talk page User talk:Hedwig in Washington#Louise Golbey, please have a look there. I think that would be the safest way to go. --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 18:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello Hedwig I emailed permissions as you suggested, so that may take a while I guess. The reason there are THREE sizes is that I could not work out how to resize it in the editor, so I just resized till I found one that fitted the box! I'm all for copyright by the way, but I do think Wikipedia take it a bit far. I was reading the rules and even a garden may be the copyright of the gardener! And what about, say, a photo my late mother took of me fifty years ago? I guess the lawyers make a hell of a lot of money from all this and it seems to get a point where it is in danger fo stifling free speech and expression. Maybe the train photo could be held to be a breach, since it is a photo of someone else's patented design (the train) who I never asked any permission from. It's a minefield of philosophical and legal minutae! best wishes Picknick99 (talk) 18:49, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it's a minefield. But you are fine with the train. Trains and cars (and stuff like it) is allowed to be photographed (in genral that is) :-) We have the problem that our servers are in the USA, meaning we have to obey the US copyright law. On top, we also have to be certain that the media that is uploaded here, is free to reproduce in the country of origin, resp. the country of the photographer. Then you add art (what is art anyway?) to the mix and you need a degree in international law or a cup of tea to figure it out. Let me know which of the three images you'd like to restore. Sizing in Wikipedia is easy. Just add the amount of pixels you want to see. :-)))) [[File:Example.jpg|250 px|thumbnail|right|Here's your cation]] Best regards, --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 19:05, 25 May 2014 (UTC)