Below Image?

William d

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Feb 22, 2013, 8:17:53 AM2/22/13

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I hope this isn't an obvious or rehashed question. I have a few images that I use with a CC license with the attribution and license at the bottom of my post. Should the attribution be below or near the image? On wiki commons I did see one 'sharer' request that attribution had to be near the image, so I assumed that an attribution didn't always have to be near the image or have the 'circle c' thing. I ask after having read one user, Dan?, request that a link to his URL be provided. One painter has allowed me to use her image of a painting and I on my own provided a link back to her website.. She seemed satisfied with the manner of attribution -- at the bottom of the post.

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Dan Evans

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Feb 22, 2013, 9:39:08 AM2/22/13

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Hi William, if you have a concern with how you should attribute a specific image, your best bet is to read the license (not just the summary) associated with the image. If you still have concerns, you can contact the owner of the image or legal council. From my reading of it, attribution and use of URLs seem to be dealt with seperately in CC licenses, and "in the manner" is referring to what the owner should be called (name, psudonym) not the exact positioning or style of the attribution. That said, I can't give you legal advice for any specific use case, and it's always a good idea to work within what you understand to be the spirit of the CC license.

I hope this helps!

-Dan

On Friday, February 22, 2013, William d wrote:

I hope this isn't an obvious or rehashed question. I have a few images that I use with a CC license with the attribution and license at the bottom of my post. Should the attribution be below or near the image? On wiki commons I did see one 'sharer' request that attribution had to be near the image, so I assumed that an attribution didn't always have to be near the image or have the 'circle c' thing. I ask after having read one user, Dan?, request that a link to his URL be provided. One painter has allowed me to use her image of a painting and I on my own provided a link back to her website.. She seemed satisfied with the manner of attribution -- at the bottom of the post.

Thanks

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