[Clipart] Copyright

[Jonadab the Unsightly One]

Ted Gould <ted at gould.cx> writes:

> Thanks for the info, my favorite part is this:
> 
> Peter Mathijssen wrote:

> > I do request that you NOT put it up on openclipart.org as many
> > people feel that that gives them unlimited rights to use the
> > artwork there which is what has lead to many inappropriate uses of
> > the Daemon.
> 
> People feel that way, because it is true.  If it is in OpenClipart
> they do have unlimited rights to use the artwork.  

I'm pretty sure it's still only true if the work is actually in the
public domain, i.e., if the copyright holder has released it.

J. Random Submitter cannot place a work into the public domain just by
checking a checkbox if he is not, in fact, the copyright holder.  This
is why we really need to be careful about non-PD works' slipping into
the collection.

> That's what CC Public Domain states.

Yeah, but we want to be sure, as much as we can, it's an accurate
statement.

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