Wiki pictures used without permission
Mary Sue Ittner (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:09:43 PDT)
Dear All,
I am trying to sort out some Gladiolus blooming now in my garden and was
looking for some comparisons online after having decided that perhaps the
one I have thought to be one thing as it was identified by the source as
that is really a closely related species. In doing that I came across my
picture from the wiki of the plant I was working on a commercial German
site. So I looked down the line and saw there were quite a few other
illustrations of mine for the Gladiolus section. I have written asking to
remove the pbs wiki pictures from their site, but got a note back that they
are on vacation until July 18. We've been down this road before. A lot of
us are willing to share our pictures with permission and proper
identification and many of us even do so for free in the spirit of
education. I just gave permission to use a Calochortus picture in a Sierra
Club newsletter. This changes when you are not asked first and especially
when the pictures are used by a commercial site.
I don't have time to go through all the pictures and look for the ones that
came from our wiki. But if any of the rest of you want to do this and let
me know what they are, if and when I hear back, I will give them a list.
Also if any of you find a picture of yours that is being used and you are
happy for it to be used in this way, let me know that too and I can include
pictures that they do not have to remove. Thanks.
Mary Sue