User talk:Diethard

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 21:20, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Photographer?

Are you the actual photographer of the images you have uploaded and put on the gallery Etnografische Verzamelingen Universiteit Gent (EVUG)?

I don't read Dutch, but the Google translation of the description on the gallery page is, in part:

"The below pictures are the image bank of the collection."

That suggests that the University owns the copyrights. I see nothing at http://evug.be/ that suggests there is a free license, so unless you are the actual photographer and copyright owner, we will need a license from the University. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:01, 15 December 2014 (UTC)

I am the actual photographer of these pictures, which were taken during my internship at Etnografische Verzamelingen Universiteit Gent. Part of the assignment was to put them online via Wikimedia Commons.

Diethard (talk) 08:24, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

OK, that's good. Now the second question -- do you still own the copyrights? As an intern, you may or may not have executed a work for hire agreement. If you did, the University owns the copyrights and we will need formal permission from an officer of the University in order to keep them on Commons, see OTRS.

Note that my reading of the law (via Google translate) is that the copyright to an employee's work is not automatically transferred to the employer without an explicit written agreement (see the law at article 3.3). While Google translate seems to have done a good job with this, you may want to read the original Dutch and comment if my interpretation is not correct. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:44, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Your interpretation of the law is correct and I have just checked my internship-agreement and there is no mentioning of any copyright for the university on the work that I have created. I have also contacted my supervisor and she said that there shouldn't be any problems with the copyright. --Diethard (talk) 15:10, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Great. Thank you very much. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:00, 16 December 2014 (UTC)