Wikipedia's Picture

[Gingrich]

I always loved this picture of two C. fire belly newts on wikipedia, so I thought I'd post it.

 

[Mark]

I've removed the photo as it's a copyright infringement to post an image belonging to someone else.

You can view the picture here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chinese_Fire_Bellied_Newts.JPG

 

[Gingrich]

This is from Wikipedia:

"This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its author, Yatton at the English wikipedia project. This applies worldwide." &

"Yatton grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law."

Look for yourself. This should be allowed.

 

[Kaysie]

Easy there, Gingrich. We have a strict copyright infringement policy, and Mark was just trying to enforce that. He must not have read that far down the page, and didn't see the release. Regardless, the picture is a very nice one, and I'm glad you pointed it out.

 

[Gingrich]

Sorry...

I just thought he was assuming I didn't read to see if it was copyrighted.

 

[Abrahm]

I also think it is more of a general policy on our part to not post outside pictures on the board even if they are released to the public domain just because a moderator/admin will have to look into each individual case to see that it is true. Some pictures on the wiki are posted illegally (even though they are quickly deleted) so it is a lot easier on us to just not allow it.