File talk:Albion-indiana-courthouse.jpg
This image does not belong to the individual who posted it and who thus does not have the right to offer it free of copyright. Mark Hunter, photographer, columnist and firefighter of Albion owns the original copyright. I quote from the "Edit" page:
Evidently "photographer" has the ability to completely duplicate someone else's pictures on occasion...NOT simply retouch as with the Albion courthouse picture posted here that was actually taken by Mark Hunter a firefighter and humor column writer from Albion. Possibly taking ones own photos would be more acceptable in the future.
This photo was originally taken by Mark Hunter, a resident of Albion and a photographer/writer for the local newspaper, Albion New Era. It's original internet posting can be seen here: http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c97/ozma914/Albion/?action=view¤t=Albion-indiana-courthouse.jpg I would like to request the photo either be credited to him, or removed with an apology.
These are two separate comments, the latter from the original photographer himself.
G Othen
- I'll repeat what I posted at Commons talk:Licensing#Wrongly credited image:
- If the above is indeed true, then this image should definitely be deleted (unless your friend would like to license it freely -- the permission cannot be just for Wikipedia, it must be for everyone). However, I'm not convinced yet that it is true. This photo was uploaded to commons on August 18, 2005 (the day after it was taken) and has dimensions of 2,500×2,074. The version on the photobucket site claimed as the source has dimensions of 800x664, and its upload date on the photobucket server is claimed as August 29, 2007, so it is clearly not the original source of the commons image. Furthermore, the camera used is consistent with several other uploads from User:Tysto, but I don't see that same camera type on any other image in your friend's photobucket gallery, and is not the same camera used for the majority of his photos there. The photobucket album has several historical images obviously taken from elsewhere on the internet... is it possible that your friend did the same with this image, but forgot about that fact? Carl Lindberg 15:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
This is Mark Hunter. Since you've given me another opportunity to do it, I'll repeat the apology that's really needed -- mine -- here:
I'm not convinced it's true either -- and I'm the friend she speaks of. I spent an entire day trying to prove that the image is mine, and only succeeded in proving to myself that I was mistaken. Among other things, I followed all the lines you yourself just mentioned, which I should have done without flying off the handle to begin with. I've taken dozens of pictures of that building (it's three blocks from my home), and as you kindly suggested, it appears I mixed them up and forgot I didn't take that one. I wouldn't have believed that if someone else had said it! Now I feel horrible, and I'm running around apologizing at fast as I can. The link to my official apology is here: http://ozma914.livejournal.com/209214.html#cutid1
To you, the real photographer, and everyone else, let me say again how very sorry I am for causing this trouble.
