User talk:WPPilot/Credits

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Some have questioned the validity of the requirements on this page, so here are my two cents.

This page sounds a bit hostile to potential re-users. That's not really wrong but not really nice either.

"You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author It does not matter who you are, this applies to everyone as you see, I take things seriously. Please provide a proper credit (written, on the page the photo is used that is linked to the original) if you are planning to use any of my photographic work in ANY of your non commercial projects.

ALL Credits to Read: "Photograph by D Ramey Logan""

I thought at first this wasn't possible, but it is. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode says "retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material: 1. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated);".

The manner requested by the Licensor is "Photograph by D Ramey Logan", which is not really unreasonable. It's kind of unreasonable for publications that are not in English, but that's nitpicking. This requirement however is not found on file pages, so users can't really be expected to find it. So users are free to credit a photo as "Picture taken by Don Ramey Logan", which they probably will because that's what file pages say in the author field.

Other than that:"You may satisfy the conditions in Section 3(a)(1) in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in which You Share the Licensed Material. For example, it may be reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or hyperlink to a resource that includes the required information." always applies. When it is not reasonable for the medium to provide credit on the page that uses the photo, it's not needed. Wikipedia is an example of this. You see the author when you click the image, but in the article itself the author of an image is not mentioned.

All mentions of commercial use are odd, because Commons doesn't even allow CC Attribution-NonCommercial. But it's not really wrong, mostly it's just offering advice. Although it does a bit misleading.

"The license these photos are granted under is not applicable to Facebook"

Is true.

"Real Estate companies may NOT use these photos for leads covers advertising or commercial use for profit under the Share and Share alike license."

Not true. But depending on many details for which legal precedence may or may not exist, they may have to release the entire publication with a compatible license. Which they almost certainly won't do, so they should get a license from Don. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 20:15, 21 May 2018 (UTC)