User talk:Eric Pokorny

Welcome, Eric! --Larry Sanger 02:30, 1 November 2006 (CST)

Franklin image

Eric, thanks for adding the picture -- how did you do that? None of my attempts to add pictured has worked.

But I don't think we can use the one you have added -- it's owned by either the Scott Polar Research Institute or the National Maritime Museum -- there are only two in the world -- and they are vigilant about licensing.

I totally agree with you, though, about adding pictures the WP doesn't have. I wanted to add an image from my own collection, pub-domain and copyleft-suitable, which I uploaded as johnfranklin1.jpg, and tried again as franklin3.jpg, but it never displayed; all I get is the picure's filename in red. Can you replace the one there with that one, or tell me how you do it?

Many thanks,

Russell Potter 07:34, 1 November 2006 (CST)

Franklin image

Eric,

A quick follow-up: it's true that the Scott Polar Research People and the National Maritime Museum own only the daguerreotype itself. They never purchased rights, and all copyright is extinct. And yet, like art museums, they claim continuing proprietary rights in "derivative" images presumably made from those they physically own. It's very frustrating, I agree! A good friend of mine is a curator at the National Maritime Museum and I will ask him if we can get permission -- I hope we can, it is an amazing early image!

cheers,

Russell Potter 19:56, 2 November 2006 (CST)