Re: How to archive photos?

[Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de>]

Hi! :-)

On Mi, 2016-05-18 at 11:20 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> > Like how?
>
> The most common cases are when the photos are published online but
> without a licence. This might be because the platform doesn't support
> free licensing (eg. G+, Facebook), or simply because the photo author
> doesn't usually use free licensing.
Ah, Google Plus and Facebook. Hm.  Yeah, that's different from what I
thought when you were saying "but will be provided to us directly".
 
> I have had other cases where photos have been provided to me
> directly.
> Say at GUADEC I might ask someone to email me the group photo to post
> on gnome.org.
In that case it seems as if the author of the picture consented to you
using their work. But you may ask for a (written) statement as well,
just to be sure.

>  People have also given me photos at events physically
> with an SD card, or through some kind of file transfer.
that makes it more challenging to get a trail of the given consent. 

> > If it's bound to some authentication mechanism, you may be able to
> make
> > the sender accept that the photos may be used by the GNOME
> Foundation.
>
> What sort of mechanism would that be?
Maybe the owncloud thing. Because you need to be given an account
first. That account could be bound to give the GF the usage rights.
Planet GNOME could also be such a thing.

However, I guess in most cases including a picture in a publication by
the GF constitutes fair use. Of course, going down that route is not a
nice option for anyone involved.

Cheers,
  Tobi