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1KingRat
Out 21, 2008, 9:01 pm

Got tired of scrolling in the last one.

Removed a flag from Thomas Hobbes. NPG can claim copyright all it wants but it doesn't hold water in the U.S.

2KingRat
Out 21, 2008, 9:02 pm

Removed one from Vincent van Gogh self portrait created in 1887. Pre-1888 works are public domain in the U.S.

3KingRat
Out 21, 2008, 9:08 pm

Removed one from Edna St. Vincent Millay, Photographer is credited and the image is public domain.

4KingRat
Out 23, 2008, 4:01 am

Removed a flag from Andrew Dornenburg uploaded by user DornenburgPage because the uploader appears to be Andrew Dornenburg (including the same contact information as listed on the Andrew Dornenburg web site).

5lilithcat
Out 23, 2008, 8:52 am

Removed a flag from Jorge Carrera Andrade. See here.

6KingRat
Out 23, 2008, 11:53 am

>5 lilithcat: I don't see anything in the linked PDF that releases the picture, nor connects wikipedia user Neruda50 to it either. Am I missing something?

7christiguc
Out 24, 2008, 7:28 pm

I removed a flag from the picture of Niccolo Paganini. It is a picture of his tomb, but since there is a bust of Paganini featured in the tomb, it is an author image.

8prosfilaes
Out 27, 2008, 9:02 am

The Wikimedia page linked to Dae-jung Kim in turn links to http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DASC9805836&JPG... which works just fine for me.

9KingRat
Out 27, 2008, 10:59 am

Removing a flag from Tom Egeland. The web page linked to gives permission to reproduce the photos.

Translated permission (using google translate):

Photos

Forfatterportrettene og bildene til høyre på denne siden kan fritt gjengis i medier, på hjemmesider, blogger osv. Klikk på bildene for en større versjon.

Author portraits and pictures to the right on this page may be freely reproduced in the media, on websites, blogs, etc. Click on the images for a larger version.

10KingRat
Out 30, 2008, 11:28 am

Removed a flag from Tom Robbins photo uploaded by jglassow from wikipedia. Link on license page of wikipedia is bad, but it was easy enough to find it. Looks pretty legit to that it was taken by user 48states and released to the public domain.

11ryn_books
Out 31, 2008, 8:51 am

>10 KingRat: - oops that was me.
For some reason, I didn't twig that that the public domain phrase was linked, hence the misguided flag. Thanks for catching it.

12KingRat
Editado: Nov 2, 2008, 3:06 am

Removed a flag from Bill Richardson and left a message for the flagger. Here's a cut and paste for the flag history, which should make clear why I removed a flag.

* Psplat flagged for this reason: Does not match the author in my library
* lilithcat removed a flag
* starfishian flagged for this reason: This is not a photo of this author.
* christiguc removed a flag
* chrisell flagged for this reason: wrong bill richardson

13KingRat
Nov 7, 2008, 3:08 pm

Removed a flag from Diana Hollingsworth Gessler uploaded by lmcguirk. Uploader represents the author's publisher.

14lilithcat
Nov 7, 2008, 3:40 pm

> 13

Are you sure? Her profile says that she works for a publisher. Is there some evidence that she works for them in a position that gives her the authority to give permission for the use of their images? (Although I also don't see anything identifying the image as being the property of that publisher, anyway.)

15KingRat
Nov 10, 2008, 4:16 pm

Forgot to put this one here.

I removed a flag on one of the Austrian university photos because Abby did. She generally removes flags when the uploaders complain that they have permission to post a picture but don't understand why it disappears (cause they don't look at the quarantine page).

Basically, I ain't gonna second-guess Abby or Tim or other employees. They may be wrong, but it's their company and employment they risk, not mine.

16KingRat
Nov 11, 2008, 7:07 pm

Removed a flag from Robert Aitken uploaded by christiguc. There are multiple Robert Aitkens represented, and the image is of one of them.

17lilithcat
Nov 11, 2008, 11:47 pm

> 16

Which one is it? It's not the Zen guy, it's not his grandfather, and it's not the Bible publisher. I couldn't find an author whose dates mesh with that guy's.

18christiguc
Nov 12, 2008, 12:04 am

>17 lilithcat: You're right. He's none of those authors, so I'm deleting him. It is an illustration of Robert Aitken from The Republican Court; Mr. Aitken was a member of society in the time of Washington. However, he was not an author. :)

19KingRat
Nov 12, 2008, 12:04 am

>17 lilithcat: According to the NYPL photo info, it's "Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802" which is the bible publisher I believe.

20christiguc
Nov 12, 2008, 12:05 am

Oh! I deleted it. I'll find it again! :)

21christiguc
Nov 12, 2008, 12:07 am

(Because, yes, he was a publisher.)

22KingRat
Nov 12, 2008, 12:10 am

Well, totally up to you whether to put it back or not. Only book I saw associated with him was one in the Thomas Jefferson legacy library. So it's not like any user is going to miss having their author photo for him.

23KingRat
Nov 12, 2008, 5:09 pm

Removed a flag from Frederick II. the Great King of Prussia. Was flagged as not Frederick the II. Documentation at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a29385 says it is. And it sure looks consistent with the image at Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great

24KingRat
Nov 13, 2008, 1:20 am

Removed a flag from Alicia Kirschenheiter uploaded by phineus1. phineus1 is LT Author Alicia Kirschenheiter.

25RobertMosher
Editado: Nov 13, 2008, 5:40 pm

King Rat -
Well, I was pretty sure that this was not Frederick the Great, the II. However, while disproving that and establishing that it is Frederick as Crown Prince, the artist's name is actually spelled "Pesne" and not "Penne". The webpage at http://www.abcgallery.com/P/pesne/pesnebio.html provides the painter's biography and confirms that it is the right Frederick. And you can see the same image at http://www.abcgallery.com/P/pesne/pesne.html if you scan down the column of images at the left of the screen.

Robert A. Mosher

26christiguc
Nov 13, 2008, 6:18 pm

>25 RobertMosher: Thanks. I left a message with the uploader (leebot), requesting a change in the credit.

27christiguc
Editado: Nov 13, 2008, 6:46 pm

Would whoever removed a flag from the Park Ridge Public Library images explain why? It is a noncommercial cc license and LT is commercial.

28lilithcat
Editado: Nov 13, 2008, 7:23 pm

> 27

Sorry, that was an error on my part. I'd removed a flag from another image posted by the same uploader that was the uploader's own photo, and accidentally removed flags from others he uploaded that weren't.

One of those "the fingers are quicker than the brain" things.

29KingRat
Nov 14, 2008, 3:00 am

Removed a flag from venue Thompson Public Library uploaded by ambbooks. The venue has been claimed by ambbooks.

30lilithcat
Nov 14, 2008, 8:52 am

I removed a flag from Sharon Loiuse Crayton. It appears that the uploader is also the photographer, so the non-commercial license only restricts use by others.

31christiguc
Nov 14, 2008, 10:11 am

Now, I know if the uploader is the photographer or copyright holder, there is implied permission for LT to use the photograph. However, I've been taking it that if that upload is coupled with a statement that shows an obvious misunderstanding of the nature of LT (i.e., noncommercial vs. commercial), the uploader doesn't understand enough to give informed permission. But I see your point as well.
(Just wanted to let you know why I've been flagging them)

32KingRat
Nov 20, 2008, 2:21 am

Removed a flag from Larry Hayes uploaded by vvolkman. I believe vvolkman runs Loving Healing Press, the publisher of Larry Hayes book. I'm assuming he has can release the publicity photo to the public domain, or has pretty good knowledge of it being released. (Though it sure would be nice if he stated that he had the authority to do so in his upload.)

33lilithcat
Nov 20, 2008, 9:08 am

> 32

(Though it sure would be nice if he stated that he had the authority to do so in his upload.)

No kidding. There's another couple of recent venue photos from an uploader with a screen name very similar to that of the Flickr user whose photos they are. But I don't want to remove a flag based on an assumption that may be false.

34KingRat
Nov 20, 2008, 3:47 pm

>33 lilithcat: I saw that. There was a possible author that had a similar thing too. I would have just left her a message but she disabled profile comments.

35KingRat
Nov 20, 2008, 3:58 pm

Removed a flag from Stadtbucherei Frankfurt uploaded by dribdrib... whatever. He's now got a claim on the venue, so I assume he can upload the photos from their own web site.

36KingRat
Nov 24, 2008, 5:14 am

Removed a flag from Bernhard Riemann. Image was clearly made in 1863, which puts it out of copyright despite any possible claim by the Smithsonian.

37lilithcat
Nov 24, 2008, 9:53 am

Removed flag from Sabit İnce. There were no books on the author page at the time of the initial flagging, but there are now.

38KingRat
Nov 27, 2008, 4:14 pm

Removed a flag from John Courtenay. Linked page is a scan from a book published in 1795, with the entire book appearing at archive.org.

39KingRat
Nov 29, 2008, 8:23 pm

Removed a flag from William Gaddis uploaded by christiguc. Flag was because the flagger saw it was labeled William Gass and thought it was a photo of William Gass. I assume the photorapher was William Gass. Image certainly looks like other photos of William Gaddis I can find, and definitely is NOT a photo of William Gass.

40KingRat
Nov 29, 2008, 8:29 pm

Removed a flag from Bernard Berenson uploaded by shortride. Rights status not evaluated, but the LOC does state the image was madein 1887. All images created pre-1888 whether published or not are in the public domain in the US.

41christiguc
Editado: Nov 29, 2008, 9:35 pm

>39 KingRat: Thanks. Yes, the photo of William Gaddis has a credit to William Gass.

42KingRat
Nov 30, 2008, 12:17 pm

Removed a flag from Sir Matthew Hale. Uploader stated image was published in a book published in 1682.

43Shortride
Dez 1, 2008, 2:02 am

40: Clarified the copyright information.

44christiguc
Dez 1, 2008, 3:13 pm

I removed a flag from the venue picture for Cagnaan Booksales (still in quarantine) because I believe the uploader is the owner. (Look at contact email address for venue. Although I think the "I love it!" description is then a bit disingenuous).

I also removed a flag from Greensboro Public Library - Blanche S. Benjamin Branch because the uploader has now claimed the venue.

45KingRat
Dez 2, 2008, 12:58 pm

Removed a flag from venue Stadtbücherei Frankfurt submitted by dribbdebach77. Account claimed of one of the Stadtbucherei branches, and this is a photo for another branch. Not claimed (yet), but I wouldn't quibble.

46KingRat
Dez 3, 2008, 11:24 am

removed a flag on venue fnac brugge uploaded by user Mush as the user has now claimed the venue.

47BOB81
Dez 3, 2008, 11:41 am

Wasn't the other Bernie Wrightson photo on a separate page?

48KingRat
Dez 3, 2008, 1:30 pm

Different spelling of the author's name that is combined to the main spelling.

49KingRat
Dez 3, 2008, 9:10 pm

Removed a flag from one of the Romance Radio venue images uploaded by AvonBooks. Romance Radio and Authors on Air are owned/run by HarperCollins, which also owns Avon Books.

50christiguc
Dez 3, 2008, 9:13 pm

>49 KingRat: I didn't know HarperCollins owned Authors on Air. But, if so, then yes, I'll remove my flag as well.

51KingRat
Dez 3, 2008, 9:31 pm

>50 christiguc: Well, I don't know if they technically own it or if BlogTalkRadio does, but it's definitely Harper's channel on BlogTalkRadio. Going to the site shows four subchannels, once each for different Harper imprints. And Romance Radio is the subchannel for Avon Romance. (My normal domain name lookup sites all seem to be down at the moment.)

52christiguc
Editado: Dez 3, 2008, 9:41 pm

>51 KingRat: Ah. Seems close enough, though. Wouldn't it be much easier, however, if Avon simply said "We own this image and give permission for LT to use it as a venue image for Romance Radio".

53KingRat
Dez 3, 2008, 10:45 pm

>52 christiguc: Hell ya it would.

54BOB81
Dez 3, 2008, 11:27 pm

It always has to be an intricate puzzle, doesn't it?

55KingRat
Dez 4, 2008, 11:43 am

Removed a flag from a venue photo uploaded by hippietrail, listed as copyright Andrew Dunbar because the account hippietrail lists his name as Andrew Dunbar.

56KingRat
Dez 11, 2008, 11:44 am

Removed a flag from a picture of Caleb Cushing. The author died in 1879 so any photograph of him would have to have been created pre-1888 and is therefore PD. (Drawings would be a different story since they could be created after death...)

57KingRat
Dez 16, 2008, 8:44 pm

Removed a flag from Peter Browne uploaded by BetcherForrest. The source web site indicates the painter is Hugh Howard, who died in 1738. The painting is public domain.

58KingRat
Dez 17, 2008, 2:21 pm

Removed a flag from Earl of George Digby Bristol uploaded by JamesBoswell. Wikipedia credits "Sir Anthony Van Dyck, c.1638–9", putting the image in the public domain.

59lilithcat
Dez 17, 2008, 4:03 pm

Removed a flag from M. Nagy Andras, uploaded by andrasnm, as the uploader is the author.

Removed a flag from the Northbrook Public Library, uploaded by BookBabe1019, as the uploader is an employee of the library.

60lilithcat
Editado: Dez 18, 2008, 2:07 pm

Removed a flag from Murtaz Dugrichilov, because it's a photo of the author, uploaded by the author.

Removed a flag from Glynn Anderson for the same reason.

61KingRat
Dez 18, 2008, 7:13 pm

Removed a flag from Asia Booth Clarke uploaded by KingRat. All images created before 1888 are in the public domain in the U.S. If the subject died in 1888, a photo taken of them is before 1888, and thus public domain. (Unless the photo was taken of the body...)

62lilithcat
Dez 18, 2008, 9:57 pm

Removed a flag from Jean Marzollo. Yes, it's a book cover, but it's a book cover with an image of the author, uploaded by the author.

63christiguc
Dez 18, 2008, 10:00 pm

>62 lilithcat: I know, but since it was uploaded by the author, don't you think she could find a photo of herself or crop that image so that it is a picture of her? The only reason to use that one is if she wants to get around the requirement that the picture be an author image so that she can advertise her book. (But maybe I'm just being cynical).

64KingRat
Dez 19, 2008, 1:35 pm

Removed a flag from Midlothian Public Library uploaded by MidloPL (or something like that). Uploader has claimed the venue, so I will assume they have permission to post stuff from the library.

65KingRat
Dez 22, 2008, 3:16 pm

Removed a flag from Jennie Breeden uploaded by eclecticlibrarian. The uploader uploaded a bunch of CC Noncommercial photos, but that one was actually her own photo (eclecticlibrarian is Anna Creech). I added a flag to the rest.

66KingRat
Dez 22, 2008, 11:05 pm

Removed a flag from John Nash uploaded by illustrationfan. Uploader has edited the Credit field to provide proper attribution.

67lilithcat
Dez 25, 2008, 11:37 pm

Removed a flag from Richard Cecil uploaded by christiguc. The flagger thought it was the "wrong" Richard Cecil, but there are multiple Richard Cecils and it is definitely an image of one of them.

68lilithcat
Dez 26, 2008, 12:26 pm

I removed flags from images of Jeff Smith. The images may not be of "Jeff Smith the Cook", but they are of one of the Jeff Smiths on the page.

69KingRat
Dez 26, 2008, 1:25 pm

Removed a flag from Cornelius Vanderbilt. The upload credits the German Federal Archive according to the terms of CC-BY-SA.

70christiguc
Dez 26, 2008, 3:17 pm

>69 KingRat: But not in the credit line

71christiguc
Dez 26, 2008, 5:12 pm

I removed a flag from Ana Isabel Ordonez because the uploader is the author.

72Shortride
Dez 28, 2008, 12:37 am

70: Fixed.

73KingRat
Dez 29, 2008, 6:17 pm

Removed a flag from Dionys Kuen uploaded by AndreasP. The image is from a book published in the 1840s, the wikipedia page linked to provides the information as well as a scan of the title page from the book.

74KingRat
Jan 3, 2009, 11:22 pm

Removed a flag from John Lehman author of On Seas of Glory. Photo was flagged because it was of the former Secretary of the Navy and not the author of the book. However, according to the Amazon page for On Seas of Glory, the John Lehman who authored the book is indeed the former Secretary of the Navy.

75lilithcat
Editado: Jan 3, 2009, 11:37 pm

> 74

No, the problem was that John F. Lehman, Jr. is not the same as the John Lehman who authored America's Greatest Unknown Poet: Lorine Niedecker Reminiscences. At the time I added the second flag to the so-called "John Lehman" photo, the two author pages were properly separated. Unfortunately, someone combined them and the author page for John Lehman has disappeared ("no longer in the system").

Okay, I think I managed to retrieve him. I flagged the picture off the John Lehman page, but it's still on the John F. Lehman page. Please don't unflag this one.

76KingRat
Jan 3, 2009, 11:36 pm

>75 lilithcat: I re-separated the authors now. I'll give them a never in a moment.

77KingRat
Jan 5, 2009, 12:29 am

Removed a flag from Constance M. Pott. Image was scanned from a pre-1923 book, listed in the credits field.

78KingRat
Jan 9, 2009, 4:07 am

Removed a flag from Harold Evans uploaded by Harold Evans so I believe him when he says the picture is released for publicity.

79KingRat
Jan 9, 2009, 4:18 am

Removed a flag from Calvin Beale uploaded by jwalser. A search for "Calvin Beale USDA" on Google shows that he is a long time employee of the USDA and the photo is a USDA photo.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Amberwaves/Feb03/Profiles/Beale.htm

Cool part is there is a huge treasure trove of photos he took of county courthouses across the US. Supposedly he visited nearly every county in the US as part of his job and took a photo of the courthouse in each one.

80lilithcat
Editado: Jan 9, 2009, 7:35 am

> 79

Too bad he didn't take pictures of bookstores and libraries. That would be boon to LT Local!

;-))

81KingRat
Jan 9, 2009, 1:25 pm

No kidding.

82lilithcat
Jan 10, 2009, 9:44 am

I removed flags from the photos of Janet Leister, because the uploader, BlueInfinity, is Janet Leister.

83KingRat
Jan 15, 2009, 1:50 pm

Removed a flag from Joseph Ditta uploaded by EffinghamParkLibrary because the uploader is LT Author Joseph Ditta. (He has some odd reason for calling his account that...)

84BOB81
Jan 15, 2009, 3:33 pm

From two photos uploaded by LTer sybilanne, because member seems to be Chief Librarian at Camosun College Library.

http://www.librarything.com/profile/sybilanne

85KingRat
Jan 21, 2009, 3:17 pm

Removed a flag from Al-Biruni. Wikipedia does not give a publication date but it does give information on how to find the book in the National Library of Iran, where I found it. Unfortunately the web forms there don't let me link to the search results.

In addition, works first published in Iran by Iranian nationals do not have copyright protection outside of Iran as Iran has not acceded to international copyright conventions.

86prosfilaes
Jan 21, 2009, 4:07 pm

87KingRat
Jan 27, 2009, 11:56 am

Removed a flag from Mary Robinson uploaded by janeajones. A 1781 image is in the public domain, regardless of the wishes of some a museum/collection.

88lilithcat
Jan 27, 2009, 1:46 pm

> 87

It's still a TOS violation, which, according to at least one jury in a federal case in California, constitutes "hacking", and is a violation of federal law.

89KingRat
Jan 27, 2009, 9:59 pm

Report the person to the site and they can cut off their site access. It's a legal copy in the U.S.

90lilithcat
Jan 28, 2009, 11:18 am

> 89

You miss the import of my previous message, which is that if some U.S. Attorney wants to follow the lead of the guy in California, criminal charges could be filed.

Frankly, I hope that the jury's verdict gets overturned on appeal, and that the U.S. Attorney whose "brilliant" idea this was gets slapped down.

Until that happens, however, I'd be very wary of claiming that "it's a legal copy" when the use of it violates a site's TOS.

Despite what you've heard, federal prisons aren't that nice.

91prosfilaes
Editado: Jan 28, 2009, 12:35 pm

>90 lilithcat: It's a legal copy for us; we are in no way obliged to follow the site's TOS. Criminal charges could not be filed against LT or us; only people who have contact with a site could possibly even under the most egregious interpretation of the law be obliged to follow it.

92christiguc
Jan 28, 2009, 1:04 pm

>91 prosfilaes: Are you sure? Publishing an image that was unlawfully obtained?

93prosfilaes
Jan 28, 2009, 1:13 pm

>92 christiguc: They never did anything to the New York Times for publishing the Pentagon Papers, did they?

94christiguc
Jan 28, 2009, 1:17 pm

Yes, but if you look at the reasoning for that, the New York Times was press relying on First Amendment rights. LT is in a complete different camp.

95RobertMosher
Jan 28, 2009, 1:39 pm

#93 #94

And as I recall it, the New York Time did have to go to court to defend its actions in printing the Pentagon Papers, and lawyers worked cheaper in those days.

Robert A. Mosher

96christiguc
Editado: Jan 28, 2009, 1:47 pm

Right. And they were able to go ahead with the print because they were the press. 403 U.S. 713 (1971)

97prosfilaes
Editado: Jan 28, 2009, 1:51 pm

97> And so is LibraryThing. A webserver and a printer aren't fundamentally different things.

And 403 U.S. 713 (1971) says "we are asked to hold that, despite the First Amendment's emphatic command, the Executive Branch, the Congress, and the Judiciary can make laws enjoining publication of current news and abridging freedom of the press in the name of "national security."" That is, in the name of national security, not because their source copied the documents illegally.

98christiguc
Editado: Jan 28, 2009, 2:04 pm

>97 prosfilaes: That is, in the name of national security, not because their source copied the documents illegally.

Well, right. You brought up NYT v. US--I don't think it's really analogous.

A webserver and a printer aren't fundamentally different things.

I completely agree with that. But, LibraryThing isn't "the press".

Edited to say: so I still stand behind my assertion that LT shouldn't publish images that have been unlawfully obtained.

99KingRat
Jan 29, 2009, 12:58 am

One can't illegally obtain a public domain image.

100BOB81
Jan 29, 2009, 1:27 am

>99 KingRat:
It does seem incongruous: posting a photo online that clearly belongs to the public (me), along with terms that tell me it doesn't, is like saying "Here, this belongs to you, and no, you can't (na-na-na-boo-boo!) use it."

101christiguc
Jan 29, 2009, 11:35 am

>99 KingRat: I agree that one federal case in California isn't controlling, but I think that "one can't illegally obtain a public domain image" is a debatable point (see lilithcat's message in #90) as some people obviously disagree.

102prosfilaes
Jan 29, 2009, 12:33 pm

101> I think it clear that you can use illegal means to obtain public domain images, like hacking or trespass. I don't agree that that transfers any liability to LibraryThing; in all cases where such a issue was litigated, the subject of national security or trade secrets was brought up. Unless these pictures reveal secret information covered by national security laws or trade secret laws, LT should go ahead and publish them.

103lilithcat
Jan 29, 2009, 12:52 pm

> 102

The federal case I mentioned was a "cyber-bullying" case. Nothing to do with national security. The prosecutor's theory, which the jury bought, was that any violation of a site's TOS (in that case, using a false identity) was a federal crime.

104christiguc
Jan 29, 2009, 1:19 pm

>102 prosfilaes: Plus, again, LibraryThing is not "press".

105prosfilaes
Jan 29, 2009, 2:33 pm

103> I'm not arguing that the person obtaining the image might face charges. However, the case you mention talks only about the person breaking the law, not copyrighted material coming from that. If people break into a facility to take pictures of duck soup being made, that is unquestionably illegal, but if they give PETA the pictures, PETA can publish them.

106lilithcat
Jan 29, 2009, 7:10 pm

> 105

If PETA knows that the photographs were taken by breaking into the facility, then, depending on the jurisdiction, PETA might be criminally charged as an accessory.

107KingRat
Jan 29, 2009, 8:35 pm

I'm still not flagging images created pre-1889. The argument is pointless.

108Mercenary_Roadie
Jan 30, 2009, 11:10 pm

Provided Public Domain link for James Drummond picture

109christiguc
Jan 30, 2009, 11:37 pm

>108 Mercenary_Roadie: However, your explanation is so long in the "copyright" field that your link gets cut off and is non-functioning. You can shorten that whole explanation into a statement that just says "public domain" or something like that so that your link will fit. If you do that and post back here, I'll check the link and remove my flag.

110Mercenary_Roadie
Editado: Jan 31, 2009, 12:19 am

109> Fixed link

111KingRat
Jan 31, 2009, 11:12 pm

Removed a flag from Robert Greene. The image isn't a book cover. It's a 1598 drawing of the 16th century Robert Greene (not the 20th century Robert Greene).

112KingRat
Jan 31, 2009, 11:21 pm

Removed a flag on Brian Keene uploaded by yoyogod. The Flickr image by Mari Adkins is licensed as CC Attribution NoDerivs. Account/Author BrianKeene flagged it as "used without permission" but he does not own the rights to the photo.

I used imagestamper.com to record the license for posterity.

113KingRat
Fev 1, 2009, 11:17 pm

Removed a flag from Jessica Quinn uploaded by BrigidsBlest. BrigidsBlest is LT Author Jennifer Laurence. Jesica Quinn is a pen name used by the author.

114KingRat
Fev 1, 2009, 11:20 pm

Removed a flag from Lou Lesko uploaded by LT Author loulesko. I assume he knows if he has permission to use the photo.

115KingRat
Fev 1, 2009, 11:32 pm

Removed a flag from Michael Zadoorian uploaded by LT Author michaelzadoorian. I assume he knows if he has permission to use the photo here.

116christiguc
Fev 2, 2009, 12:43 pm

I removed a flag from David Stuart, as it was flagged as being not "the" David Stuart. Perhaps the flagger was confused by the "author of ______" bit at the top, but there are multiple David Stuarts on that page.

117lilithcat
Fev 2, 2009, 12:46 pm

> 116

I knew that "author of _________" was going to cause problems.

118KingRat
Fev 2, 2009, 5:27 pm

Removed flags from Eddie Campbell, Paul Gravett and Enrico Casarosa uploaded by spacedlaw. The credit states "Photo by Nathalie Boisard-Beudin" and the account is someone named Nathalie. The copyright field says "Photo uploaded by the author."

I think she means she's he author of the photos, not that she is the author pictured.

119KingRat
Fev 2, 2009, 5:33 pm

Removed flags from Laura George, Doreen Banaszak, Lynn Grabhorn, and Marla Martenson uploaded by HamptonRoadsPub. The account is the publisher for these authors.

120KingRat
Fev 2, 2009, 5:36 pm

Removed a flag from Anna Letitia Barbauld uploaded by janeajones. Image is by Joseph Wedgewood and created in 1775, as stated in the linked Wikipedia entry. A quick google search shows the uploader wasn't lying.

121christiguc
Fev 2, 2009, 11:11 pm

I removed a flag from Quality Parks as the uploader is the founder.

122KingRat
Fev 3, 2009, 1:48 pm

I removed a flag from Quality Parks as it is a logo used by the publisher/author. (Was flagged as "not an author image".)

123KingRat
Fev 3, 2009, 1:51 pm

Removed a flag from John Lubbock as the photo was created pre-1889.

124KingRat
Fev 6, 2009, 7:50 pm

Removed a flag from Askild Antonsen uploaded by Vivaldi as the uploader is Askild Antonsen.

125KingRat
Fev 8, 2009, 2:23 pm

Removed a flag from the Nelsonville Public library uploaded by oleonard, as oleonard has claimed the venue and presumably can give permission for using the library's photos.

126christiguc
Fev 11, 2009, 12:02 pm

I removed a flag from Lisa Hill uploaded by gunung because the uploader is LT-author Lisa Hill.

127lilithcat
Fev 19, 2009, 8:49 am

Removed a flag from Goethe Institut Ankara / Ankara Alman Kültür Merkezi has been claimed by the uploader, sanem, and his/her employee status has thus presumably been confirmed to LT's satisfaction.

128KingRat
Fev 19, 2009, 2:59 pm

Removed a flag from Colson Whitehead, flagged as actually of Colin Channer. While the two men look similar in some photographs out there, the photo appears to match other known photos of Colson Whitehead much better than Colin Channer.

129KingRat
Fev 19, 2009, 3:02 pm

Removed a flag from Joseph Lancaster uploaded by HipsterCool. NPG can assert copyright all they want, but it doesn't hold water in the U.S. if the image was created in 1818.

130lilithcat
Fev 26, 2009, 9:34 pm

I removed a flag from Muhammad Ali. It was flagged as "not an image of the Muslim theologian"; however, it is an image of the boxer, whose writings are on the same author page.

131lilithcat
Fev 26, 2009, 10:47 pm

I removed a flag from Eric Carle, as no reason was given for the flagging, the uploader indicated that permission had been given and forwarded to Abby, and it looked kosher to me!

132lilithcat
Mar 7, 2009, 1:22 pm

I removed flags from the images of the VCU Libraries, as the uploader has claimed the venue and therefore has presumably been vetted by LT.

Also, I removed a flag from Gregory Brown, as the uploader is the author, and this is the image on his profile page. I think it's fair to assume he created it.

133prosfilaes
Mar 9, 2009, 10:23 pm

I removed a flag from the portrait of Dostoevsky; it's irrelevant when he died, as long as the portrait is old enough.

134lilithcat
Mar 9, 2009, 10:38 pm

> 133

Exactly. That's why it was flagged. Because there's no indication when the artist died. It has to be death of the author (that is, the artist) + 70 years. And we don't know (or, at least, the link given doesn't tell us).

135prosfilaes
Mar 9, 2009, 11:27 pm

134> US copyright law doesn't care when the artist died, unless the work was first published after 1978. Old school US law, all grandfathered in now, depended only on the publication date.

136BOB81
Mar 10, 2009, 8:33 am

Vasily Perov apparently died in 1882: the painting is already on his author page, but the NYPL image is terribly dark.

137christiguc
Mar 10, 2009, 11:52 am

>136 BOB81: If someone had simply supplied that information from the beginning, there never would have been flags to remove. The problem was that Wikipedia (and the uploader) supplied no such information.

138prosfilaes
Mar 10, 2009, 9:28 pm

137> Perhaps because that information was irrelevant to the copyright status?

139christiguc
Mar 20, 2009, 11:20 am

I removed a flag from Tom Jones uploaded by jburlinson because it was flagged as being the "wrong Tom Jones". There are multiple Tom Joneses on that page.

140lilithcat
Mar 20, 2009, 11:21 am

I removed a flag from the picture of Tom Jones uploaded by jburlinson. It may not be an image of the flagger's "Tom Jones", but it is certainly one of the various Tom Jones' on that author page.

141ryn_books
Mar 22, 2009, 1:16 am

Oops, have been away from picture flagging for a while. Flagged my first one in a while, then realised the person uploading was the author.
So unflagged my flag. (if that makes sense :-)

The wording of copyright being 'Random House' does make me concerned as there's no proof of permission, but I veered on the side of the Author and the person in the photograph should know if they have permission or not.
Or was that wrong?

Author : http://www.librarything.com/author/blockstefan and uploader http://www.librarything.com/profile/stefanmerrillblock

142BOB81
Mar 25, 2009, 1:47 am

From LoC picture of Dorothy Canfield Fisher, uploaded by Shortride: info says "New York World photo", which I assume is the same as
'New York World-Telegram", hence PD.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html

143PortiaLong
Mar 25, 2009, 8:40 am

>142 BOB81: - Sorry, that was my mistake - thank you for fixing it BOB81. Shortride responsed to my private comment on his profile with the same information and I came to unflag it and you had already done it for me.

144KingRat
Abr 2, 2009, 12:27 am

Removed a flag from Mandell Creighton. Hard to credit an anonymous 19th century photographer, so a link to the Wikipedia source seems fine to me.

145KingRat
Abr 7, 2009, 12:37 pm

Removed a flag from Hislop. Rev. Alexander. Hislop died in 1865, putting the creation date for a photograph of him pre-1890 and making the photo public domain.

146christiguc
Abr 7, 2009, 12:45 pm

Now, are you sure he was alive in that picture? ;)

147jcbrunner
Abr 7, 2009, 6:11 pm

Removed a flag from Heinrich Bullinger, transferred by me from wikicommons (where sourcing is bad, I hope to get a better attribution soon). HOWEVER: Bullinger died in 1575. A good 200 years before the US was created ...

Please don't get overprotective about clear pre-20th century sources.

148lilithcat
Abr 7, 2009, 7:33 pm

> 147

What you are missing is that the date Bullinger died is completely irrelevant. The question is: when was the image created? On its face, it appears to be pretty darned old. But that proves nothing. It could have been created last month.

149jcbrunner
Abr 8, 2009, 7:33 am

What am I missing? IANAL (and I hold strange notions such as that waterboarding is torture and torturers should be prosecuted according to the full extent of the law).

There are two tests. First, is the underlying work still under copyright? The portrait is from the 16th century. Any copyright on the artwork has clearly expired (if we assume some kind of idea of granting retroactive copyrights).

Second, is the scan/photo of the artwork copyrightable? The answer is no, because the scan/photo lacks originality (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. at Cornell, Wikipedia). Transfering a work from one media to another does not grant a copyright to the transferer (Google has no copyright to the public domain works it scans in.). The date of the scan's/photo's creation is irrelevant.

Therefore, the picture of Heinrich Bullinger is clearly in the public domain and should not be flagged.

150christiguc
Abr 8, 2009, 10:19 am

First, is the underlying work still under copyright? The portrait is from the 16th century.

Where do you get that?

151Heinrich_Bullinger
Abr 8, 2009, 10:47 am

This is indeed a portrait of me. It was painted by Hans Asper (1499-1571).

jcbrunner says: Could we please move to solve more substantial questions than starting an art history course?

152christiguc
Abr 8, 2009, 10:51 am

>151 Heinrich_Bullinger: Excellent! Then it is public domain. But the artist (and therefore the date of the creation of the painting) wasn't supplied on Wikipedia. We had no way of knowing whether or not it was painted contemporary with the life of Bullinger or painted a week ago. Edit the credit to "Hans Asper (1499-1571)" and then I see no reason why it should be flagged.

153jcbrunner
Abr 8, 2009, 11:32 am

> 152 I find it highly uncivil that you flagged the picture again, after I have started discussing my unflagging lilithcat's flag and apparently without bothering to reach a consensus. Shoot first, God will sort out her own ...

Would you mind unflagging the picture?

154christiguc
Editado: Abr 8, 2009, 11:39 am

I removed a flag from Heinrich Bullinger because the death date of the credited artist puts the painting in the 16th century, and thus public domain.

Edited to say: I flagged it yesterday before there was a discussion, but whatever. It's unflagged now because it provides evidence of public domain status now.

155BOB81
Abr 10, 2009, 9:02 am

koffieyahoo and I removed flags from photo of J. N. Andrews (John Nevins Andrews), because Andrews died in 1883, making it PD.

156KingRat
Abr 30, 2009, 11:49 am

Removed a flag from Morgan Hawke uploaded by account MorganHawke which is LT Author Morgan Hawke. I'm assuming she knows the copyright status of her photo because she is the author.

157lilithcat
Abr 30, 2009, 12:17 pm

You know what they say about assuming!

She says that the images are copyrighted by someone else. In one instance, she doesn't even know who the person is. Where did she get the images? Authors are just as capable of ignoring copyright and scarfing images off the web as anyone else.

If I take an author's picture and post it on my Flickr account, she can't use it just because she's the author and says I took it. My images there are copyrighted, and she has to ask my permission, as does anyone else who wants to use them.

I don't think we should hold authors to a lesser standard of proof than we do other folks who upload images.

158BOB81
Abr 30, 2009, 1:01 pm

If I take an author's picture and post it on my Flickr account, she can't use it just because she's the author and says I took it.

But she can badger you over "personality rights", so you probably should let her use it.

159lilithcat
Abr 30, 2009, 1:37 pm

She can badger all she wants, but she wouldn't have a leg to stand on. The "right of publicity" is the right to control the commercial use of one's likeness. My posting of photographs to my Flickr account is not a commercial use. It would be a different story if I were using them to sell soap.

160BOB81
Abr 30, 2009, 2:01 pm

she wouldn't have a leg to stand on

Well, I don't really think you should threaten her.

161lilithcat
Abr 30, 2009, 2:14 pm

~snerk~

162Collectorator
Abr 30, 2009, 9:31 pm

This member has been suspended from the site.

163christiguc
Abr 30, 2009, 9:39 pm

Hm. . . I got permission from the publisher for a photo of Shel Silverstein.

164lilithcat
Abr 30, 2009, 9:54 pm

> 162

Unfortunately, due to the fact that Tim rarely, if ever, refers to the message he's replying to, I have no idea what he's referring to there.

In any case, unless and until he does remove the language "The rules: Unlike some sites, we take copyright seriously. Please read our copyright guidelines before posting pictures." we need to follow "The rules".

165BOB81
Abr 30, 2009, 10:30 pm

Gee, Tim, thanks for all the wasted hours finding appropriate and flagging inappropriate photos.

166Collectorator
Maio 1, 2009, 5:25 am

This member has been suspended from the site.

167KingRat
Maio 1, 2009, 9:56 pm

>157 lilithcat: Oh, I totally understand. I generally go with the assumption that an author knows the copyright status of photos of themselves and has permission. That's not true 100% of the time, of course. But they are going to know WAY more often than general users. If it's clear they grabbed a photo of themselves without permission, then I'll flag. Basically the opposite assumption I have for general users, where I assume they haven't gotten permission unless it's clear they have.

168KingRat
Maio 1, 2009, 9:57 pm

> 162-166 I started a new topic just for that copyright rule thing, rather than leave it buried here.

169KingRat
Maio 7, 2009, 1:31 pm

Removed a flag from Dorothy Hoobler uploaded by Literanista. Literanista is a publicist who works for Hachette Book Group, so I will assume she has permission to upload Hachette photos.

170KingRat
Maio 17, 2009, 11:47 am

Removed flag from venue Contra Costa County Library - Martinez Library because uploader RHRoe has claimed the venue.

171lilithcat
Maio 25, 2009, 11:40 am

Removed flags from E.C. Crawlie as the uploader is Crawlie's creator: https://www.createspace.com/3378516

172BOB81
Maio 26, 2009, 8:15 am

Oops.

173lilithcat
Maio 27, 2009, 10:09 am

Removed flags from Amanda Cross and Carolyn Heilbrun, and from C.Day Lewis and Nicholas Blake. The flagger was obviously unaware that Cross and Blake are pseudonyms for Heilbrun and Lewis.

174BOB81
Jun 2, 2009, 7:45 am

From venue image submitted by user trav; credited "blurry pic by trav" and copyright "via headsubhead.com".

http://headsubhead.com/ appears to be trav's website.

175lilithcat
Jun 5, 2009, 2:51 pm

I removed a flag from Richard Price as there are several Richard Prices represented on that author page, something the flagger apparently did not realize.

176KingRat
Jun 25, 2009, 12:56 pm

Removed a flag from venue British Bookshop as uploader Dewthing has now claimed the venue.

177lilithcat
Jun 25, 2009, 1:28 pm

I do wish people would claim the venue and then upload the image!

178KingRat
Jun 26, 2009, 12:04 am

Removed my own flag from Goethe-Institut Warschau. I'd added my own "no image" flag as no image appeared. But now it appears to be working. Some sort of LT glitch I suppose.

179KingRat
Jun 27, 2009, 3:13 pm

Removed a flag from John Thelwall. The NPG can't hold a copyright in the US for images that were created pre-1889.

180KingRat
Jun 28, 2009, 4:58 am

Removed a flag from George Dyson. Flagged as not George Dyson but instead George B. Dyson. While it is George B. Dyson, his books are mostly listed under George Dyson, thus it is appropriate for his picture to appear on that page.

181KingRat
Dez 4, 2009, 7:26 pm

Removed a flag from David Kidd-Hewitt as the uploader is LT Author David Kidd-Hewitt.

182lampbane
Dez 4, 2009, 9:18 pm

Removed the other flag from David Kidd-Hewitt for same reason.

183lampbane
Dez 9, 2009, 1:27 am

Removed a flag from General Andrew J. Goodpaster since the user did provide the photo reference number (NATO Photo Ref. no: 6613) so we can follow up on it.

184BOB81
Jan 1, 2010, 5:14 pm

Removed a flag from John Robert Holbrook photo, since I'm 99.77% sure that the uploader is John Robert Holbrook: and it may stop the Gingerbread Jimmi uploads once and for all. :)

185lilithcat
Jan 1, 2010, 5:45 pm

> 184

You are likely right, but there's absolutely no way to tell. The username is a number, and there are no identifiers whatsoever on the profile page. Are we just to assume that such people are not merely the authors, but the copyright holders?

186BOB81
Editado: Jan 1, 2010, 6:38 pm

As for the Holbrook photos, I see your point, but it's also pretty clear that 857567 (who has no books catalogued) has been trying their darndest to promote John Robert Holbrook for more than a year now. I just don't think a disinterested party would be that persistent.

Are we just to assume that such people are not merely the authors, but the copyright holders?

If not, perhaps the basic LibraryThing photo permission letters should be changed so as to not only ask permission to post the image, but also to ask the recipient if they are in a position to grant permission to post the image. I don't really know if any of the photos I've posted after receiving e-mail permission would meet that criteria.

187lilithcat
Jan 1, 2010, 6:36 pm

> 186

I've had at least one request turned down on the ground that the person I asked did not hold the rights.

188KingRat
Jan 2, 2010, 1:35 am

I don't intend to ever require 100% certainty that someone has the rights before I decline to flag. What if the person isn't really the author? what if they think they have the rights but they don't? should I ask them to have a registered copyright and a permission release signed in blood so we have their DNA to prove who signed it?

If the author of a book uploads a photo of themselves, I'm going to assume the person has the permission to upload to LT unless there's obvious reason to doubt it. If I ask, and they say they don't have the rights, that's a whole different story. But I don't assume as a matter of course that everyone uploading is lying about permissions until proven otherwise.

If Tim/LT wants rigid 100% certainty, he should hire someone to do the screening.

189KingRat
Jan 13, 2010, 9:22 pm

I removed flags from some University of Toledo library photos uploaded by wademlee. Since uploading them, he's claimed the venue and been granted that status by LT, so I am assuming he's got permission from the library to use their photos.

http://www.librarything.com/venue/3623/University-of-Toledo-Carlson-Library

190lilithcat
Jan 13, 2010, 9:25 pm

I wish people would claim the venues before uploading the photos. It would save confusion and misunderstandings.

191KingRat
Jan 13, 2010, 9:45 pm

But that would mean he'd have to log in a SECOND time, and that is just TOO MUCH WORK!

192KingRat
Jan 14, 2010, 3:46 pm

Removed a flag from Thornton W. Burgess uploaded by fugitive. If it was published pre-1923 (and the LoC says it was published 1915), then it's public domain.

193KingRat
Jan 14, 2010, 4:16 pm

Removed flag from A.E. Baer uploaded by highbrowculture as highbrowculture is LT Author A.E. Baer. If he says his picture is public domain, I believe him.

194KingRat
Jan 14, 2010, 10:00 pm

Removed a flag from what I believe to be Northern Tier Library uploaded by valencian and credited to Stu Chandler. valencian is Stu Chandler. If he wants to release it to the public domain, I'll let him.

195KingRat
Jan 15, 2010, 9:24 pm

Removed a flag from Strathcona County Library uploaded by jocelynb because she has claimed the venue.

196KingRat
Jan 18, 2010, 2:00 pm

Removed flags from 3 images uploaded by lilithcat from the London School of Economics Flickr stream. LSE statement says both that the photos are free of copyright restrictions and that they charge for commercial access to hi-res versions of the photos. That does not mean they are non-commercial licenses for the photos posted. LSE could have used a CC-NC license, but they chose to be part of Flickr Commons, by which they agree to the following: http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/

197KingRat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:38 pm

Removed a flag from Ted W. Lawson uploaded by mccarthd and flagged as "wrong caption" by someone other than the uploader. The caption reads "U.S. Government Photo, 1942" which is a perfectly accurate description of the photo.

198KingRat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:43 pm

Removed flags from two images for the Curious Bookshop uploaded by Audacity. Audacity has claimed the venue.

199lilithcat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:44 pm

> 197

I think the person meant that it's not a photo of Ted W. Lawson. Take a look at the picture uploaded by BOB81. Lawson is identified as the person second from left. The photo mccarthd uploaded is cropped from the other, and actually shows the person at the far left.

http://www.librarything.com/pics.php?a=lawsontedw

200KingRat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:52 pm

The caption for the photo at the air force site reads: Crew No. 7 (Plane #40-2261, target Tokyo): 95th Bombardment Squadron, front row: Lt. Ted W. Lawson, pilot; and Lt. Dean Davenport, copilot; back row: Lt. Charles L. McClure, navigator; Lt. Robert S. Clever, bombardier; and Sgt. David J. Thatcher, flight engineer/gunner. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Here's the photo: http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/web/060217-F-1234P-111%5B2%5D.jpg

If BOB81 flags, I'll go with what he says cause he knows his military authors.

201KingRat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:53 pm

Oh wait, I see it now. Looked to me like one row but there is actually two rows, just barely. Flagging on my end.

202lilithcat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:56 pm

If BOB81 flags, I'll go with what he says cause he knows his military authors.

He does, indeed!

203KingRat
Jan 19, 2010, 1:57 pm

Removed flag from Bookworks venue uploaded by lkuechen. lkuechen has claimed the venue.

204KingRat
Jan 19, 2010, 2:06 pm

Removed a flag from national university of singapore libraries photo uploaded by Aarontay. Aarontay has claimed the venue.

205BOB81
Jan 19, 2010, 2:20 pm

He does, indeed!

Hmm . . . ?

Not so long before rennefish flagged those two photos, I actually picked up a copy of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo at a local thrift store and said to myself, "Gee, that sure doesn't look like the guy on his LT author page." I didn't give it another thought until the photos were flagged, at which time I changed my caption. If I remember right, the photo mentioned in Message 197 was also on Lawson's Wikipedia page for awhile. The Air Force caption is very confusing.

206KingRat
Jan 21, 2010, 1:18 am

Removed a flag from Sufian Abas uploaded by bibliobibuli and credited to Sharon Bakar. The uploader is Sharon Bakar.

207KingRat
Jan 21, 2010, 9:55 pm

Removed a flag from Tim Jeal uploaded by rorrison, sourced to wikipedia.

Wikipedia's source is: http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&...

That's now a dead link, but the following archive of the page can be found on the Wayback machine at the Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20061001023542/http://www.dulwichfestival.co.uk/index...

"Click on the photos to see full-sized versions. These can be saved for use in other publications "

208r.orrison
Jan 22, 2010, 2:47 am

Thanks! I've added a link from Tim Jeal's photo to your message. (There was no way I could get both of the relevant URLs in there)

209BOB81
Jan 23, 2010, 6:38 pm

Esta mensagem foi removida pelo seu autor.

210KingRat
Jan 23, 2010, 10:23 pm

Removed a flag from Leslie Lamport. The response from Lamport to the query to release the photo under the GFDL was "You're welcome to do whatever you wish with the photo on my web site, or with any more recent photo that I may later replace it with." Which sure seems to me like he's agreed to a GFDL release.

211KingRat
Jan 24, 2010, 1:49 am

Removed a flag from Johan Anglemark uploaded by anglemark, who is Johan Anglemark.

212lilithcat
Jan 24, 2010, 10:28 am

Removed a flag from the image of Daína Chaviano. It was flagged as "not an author image", but it is.

213rybie2
Jan 24, 2010, 10:39 am

I'm sorry - I was one of those who flagged the image of Daína Chaviano because I thought a screen shot of web page, even that of an author's home page, does not constitute an "author image", nor did it meet LT copyright guidelines. Would one of you mind directing me to an explanation? I'm glad, of course, to remove any flag I've made in error.

214KingRat
Jan 24, 2010, 2:42 pm

>212 lilithcat: You're right. It looked like a marquee of a movie, but googling shows that it's her.

215r.orrison
Jan 24, 2010, 2:54 pm

Removed flag from photo of Robin Kjell, since it was uploaded by member kjellrobin. It could just be a coincidence, or a fan, I suppose.

216lilithcat
Jan 24, 2010, 6:20 pm

> 215

I assumed that is was a fan, because I checked before I flagged it, and the member lists his (her?) real name, which isn't Robin Kjell.

217BOB81
Jan 24, 2010, 7:10 pm

218r.orrison
Jan 28, 2010, 6:12 am

Removed flag from Consortium Library; image was uploaded by artificialinanity who has claimed the venue

219lilithcat
Jan 28, 2010, 3:49 pm

Removed a flag from Brown Bookstore, as the uploader, Litbear1, is Brown Bookstore.

220KingRat
Fev 6, 2010, 1:47 pm

Removed a flag from the venue Les Tis Ratures uploaded by Grimm. The Flickr page license is NC, but the uploader requested permission in the comments there to post to librarything, and the photographer okayed it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/monolecte/2354345418/

221BOB81
Fev 7, 2010, 4:28 pm

Ditto Message 203.

222KingRat
Fev 9, 2010, 2:09 pm

Removed a flag from StadtBibliothek Köln submitted by PerpetualBeta. PerpetualBeta has claimed the venue.

223christiguc
Fev 9, 2010, 2:24 pm

I removed a flag from KingRat's photo of Elizabeth Taylor because someone had flagged it as "being the actress, not the author". Well, both Elizabeth Taylors wrote books.

224KingRat
Fev 11, 2010, 12:59 am

Removed a flag from Bente Gallagher uploaded by publishingworksInc (or something like that). Publishing Works is the publisher of Bente Gallagher's new book, A Cutthroat Business.

I suspect that they are also the publisher for some of the other authors whose pictures they've uploaded as well.

225BOB81
Fev 11, 2010, 10:20 pm

From duplicate photo of Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, because I'm afraid that the Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. author page won't remain dominant.

226christiguc
Fev 19, 2010, 10:06 pm

I removed a flag from Mississippi University for Women (although there is still one flag left) as the uploader has claimed the venue.

227lampbane
Fev 20, 2010, 12:51 am

Removed a flag from my own photo of the International Center for Photography, which was flagged by the person who claimed the venue for not being a picture of the venue and because they were uploading their own. It ended up being a picture of the same thing, though theirs was admittedly better.

You can't even see my picture anymore since the venue is claimed, so it's really just splitting hairs.