2008-11-12 [Silver Moon]: what is the definition of useful with these ?

2008-11-12 [Jitter]: Read the page please :) It is all explained.

2008-11-12 [Silver Moon]: i did but i still don't understand

2008-11-13 [Jitter]: They have to be images than can be used in art :) Don't worry post them for reviewing and we'll let you know!

2008-11-13 [Silver Moon]: ok thanks

2008-11-13 [Skydancer]: umm just a note. Your statement is they are free to use without restriction. That makes them fair game for ANY USE WHATSOEVER.
Not just for art or reference. They could be used commercially also with no payment or recourse. You are essentially releasing them to public domain which means anyone can use them for anything.

2008-11-13 [Hedda]: Or for making photo reference pages like this one.

2008-11-13 [Skydancer]: Nods of course, but you are also releasing all rights to anyone to use for any purpose. A number of photographers and models have been discussing this and what it could mean for folks. What I am suggesting is that maybe you rethink your wording and put some restrictions on the use of the images, especially if they have people in them. :)

2008-11-13 [Hedda]: I'll not go into paranoia. If someone uses my photo to slander me, then they can't hide behind the fact that the photo itself is public domain. And I just have to pay the price that some will use it for voodoo or masturbation... Fame is always a two edged sword, but generally it's useful.

2008-11-13 [Skydancer]: Always your right to make that choice. I simply sugggested it be made clear to folk just what they are doing when they make that decision. :) A great many of the younger folk and probably older folk here also don't really understand exactly what they are doing when they place their image in the public domain. Or that they cannot legally do so with any images containing other people unless they have a signed release from those people stating they have that right. And its not slander if its public domain. You have zero recourse once you release it. I will now hush and no pursue the matter any further, my only intention is pure information, not to deter anyone, but to be sure folk think before they do and that they are clear on just what they are doing. We have this same sort of discussion with our models and anyone that we put on film, as many new models have no idea just what rights they do and do not have one they are paid or sign a release form.

I mean, really, I already have thousands of reference photos on Elftown. All of mine do have language limiting their use to ONLY artwork and for artists. They are not inhibited in using the references, only that that the models are protected from having their images be used in ways that are not in their best interest. You can have it both ways you know, a reference is not normally public domain. Anyone may use the reference, but they may do so only "as" reference, not for their commercial projects or their ads or their myspace etc.

2008-11-14 [Hedda]: It's of course slander if someone takes a photo of me and post that I'm a drug-addict. It has nothing to do with the photo, but what they are writing.

2009-01-08 [Jitter]: http://www.pachd.com/free-images/ <-Awesome!

2009-01-08 [Chimes]: Jitter... you are simply amazing. :P

2009-01-08 [Jitter]: =D

2009-01-08 [Morphea]: I have been saying that ever since I got to know her.........But I am a notorius leghumper to superior beings ;)

2009-01-08 [Jitter]:

2009-01-09 [Morphea]: LOOL

2009-03-09 [Hedda]: I added Chernobyl2008 under a new heading as it didn't really fit somewhere else. People tend to like those photos so I think they belong here.

2009-08-24 [*Phoenix*]: I have a couple wikis that I'd like to add as reference material. They are:
Fire Photos
Scenery References
April's Other Pictures

Thanks!

2009-08-24 [Nehirwen]: You can add them to the Reference Pictures Submissions page [*Phoenix*]. Nice photos btw! :)

2009-08-27 [*Phoenix*]: I did right after I commented here...I hadn't noticed until after.....Thanks! I'll have even more soon!