[Clipart] Fwd: misuse of one of our images

chovynz chovynz at gmail.com
Mon Jun 21 23:01:19 PDT 2010


Try to search for it via the search bar. :-)
No Librarian can Delete clipart yet. The hide works for "hiding it from 
the gallery and search tool"
but if you have the direct link, you can view any hidden clipart.



On 22/06/2010 5:55 p.m., Jon Phillips wrote:
> actually, the image is not hidden...I can view it while I'm not logged in:
>
> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/1084
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:16 PM, chovynz<chovynz at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> I've had a brief look. We can certainly hide it for now, until it's sorted
>> out.
>>
>> Some thoughts.
>> 1) OCAL's version was uploaded on at 2006-10-31 14:09:13. Three and a half
>> years ago.
>> 2) OCAL's version states it came from
>> http://radicalgraphics.org/collection/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Resistance&id=Resist02
>> 3) Can Ron and Joe provide proof the original is theirs? When was their one
>> uploaded? (I'm not being difficult, just asking for proof.) They have stated
>> it's theirs, now I would like to see proof. A terms of use from their site
>> would be nice too, since it's also possible someone "bought" a copy, then
>> uploaded it.
>> 4) Radicalgraphics might not be a reliable source. I can't find a terms of
>> use, or terms of upload, other than the front page.
>>
>> I've hidden the cookingpot clipart for now, while this is being sorted out.
>>
>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/1084
>>
>>
>> @Jarod
>> "In the quick look I had on Liftarn's submission just now it looks like most
>> or all of his submissions are traced images from other websites. Often
>> wiki.commons but I found another image from radicalgraphics and several from
>> other sites. Maybe a librarian should look over the whole collection. "
>>
>> Since you've already had a look, can you find out which ones are suspect,
>> and give me a list? (Please make a new topic addressed to clipart and CC
>> me.) Take special note of ones traced from radicalgraphics.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chovynz
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22/06/2010 12:43 p.m., Jon Phillips wrote:
>>      
>>> Hi all, what do you guys think about this? Can a librarian look into
>>> this issue? Liftarn submitted this...
>>>
>>> While normally a lawyer would advise us to keep this all private, we
>>> should discuss this stuff when it happens.
>>>
>>> Ron has been cool about this, but we should definitely look into if
>>> this is a problematic clipart, and respond or delete it.
>>>
>>> Liftarn, are you on this list? Bassel, did you get the emailing users
>>> capability added? We really need to be able to message artists and
>>> others now to get info about cliparts.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Ron Romain<ron at ronandjoe.com>
>>> Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:04 AM
>>> Subject: misuse of one of our images
>>> To: jon at rejon.org
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Ron Romain<ron at ronandjoe.com>
>>> Subject: misuse of one of our images
>>>
>>> Message Body:
>>> Hi Jon.
>>>
>>> My name is Ron from Ron and Joe, Inc. - creators of Art Parts Clip
>>> Art. A customer of ours ran across one of our images on your
>>> openclipart.org site.
>>>
>>> Here's a link to the image on your site:
>>> http://www.openclipart.org/detail/1084
>>>
>>> Here's a link to our image on our site:
>>> http://www.ronandjoe.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=APTS-007350
>>>
>>> Would you please make sure that this image is removed from your site
>>> as soon as possible, then reply to me.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Ron Romain
>>>
>>> --
>>> This mail is sent via contact form on rejon.org is Jon Phillips.
>>> http://rejon.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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