Ok great, so getting a release letter explicitly stating the release of rights and the license under which to be shared by their heirs is fine.
However in the second instance i don't think that will work since the copyright holder is still alive. He suggested the video chat will be best for him and i want to be sure that will be totally accepted. On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 8:03 PM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote: > If you do get permission from the current copyright holders (which as > Jarek mentioned may be the heirs of the original photographer), make sure > that they explicitly identify which license they want to release the images > under. If they just state that they are donating the images to Wikipedia or > Commons, that will not be sufficient to establish a free license. Good luck! > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Felix Nartey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Sorry if this is not the right forum to ask this, but I wish to seek >> assistance on my thoughts below and i will be very grateful if i am >> directed to the right forum if this is not. Just to create certain on this >> matter before i proceed to uploading contents. >> >> I have quite a number of pictures about the history of my country (Ghana) >> which were taken over 50 years ago. Now i am looking forward to uploading >> these contents but have encountered the following obstacles: >> 1. The real copyright holder of some of the pictures is dead and i have >> been thinking of how to go about this. How do we upload such content on who >> do we say is the copyrightholder, because once i upload contents of someone >> else i must prove the release of copyright by the owner and under which >> license the owner wants it shared. >> >> 2.The real copyright holder is very old and ill and not even in the >> country. We have spoken to a close contact who has confirmed use but we are >> still working on a Skype chat or hangout to discuss the release of rights >> with the hope that the recorded video chat could be a source of proof. >> >> Kindly advice what to do. >> >> Best regards, >> -- >> >> >> >> *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA >> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community >> Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me >> <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! >> <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>* >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > > -- *Felix Nartey | DSE CAL Bank Ltd. | Co-manager GBG TEMA <https://plus.google.com/u/0/106882654487622047846/posts> **| Community Manager WMGH <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Ghana> | About me <http://about.me/felix.nartey> | +233 242 844987 **| **Check out!! <http://goo.gl/4oHJeQ>*
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