Talk:Double bass/Copyright notice

From:    Andrew.Kepert@xxxxxxxxxxx.au Subject:  Double bass Date: 	 20 November 2006 14:59:20 GMT+11:00 To:      info@ibay-hk.com

Dear info@iBay-hk.com

I note with interest that you have used a photograph of my Double Bass on your page
 * http://double-bass.koopal.com/

where it is available at the URL
 * http://www.ibay.li/product.php?productid=16712&cat=261&page=1

Moreover, this page includes the Copyright notice
 * Copyright © IBay International Ltd

which links to the page
 * http://www.ibay-hk.com/

where I found your e-mail address.

This photograph was taken by me, and uploaded to Wikipedia, where it is available at this URL:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AGK_bass1_full.jpg

It was produced to accompany the Double Bass article on wikipedia, available at
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass

This article was written collaboratively by several contributors over the last few years. Both the article and the accompanying photo are published there under the Gnu Free Documentation License, which permits copying, providing the copy is distributed under the same terms and retaining the same copyright notices and attributions. The copyright on the image is retained by me, and the copyright on the contributions is retained by the authors. For full details, please refer to
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights

and
 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html

A comparison of your page and various versions of the wikipedia page such as the wikipedia Double Bass page of 19 February 2006:
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Double_bass&oldid=40264281

indicates that you have indeed copied text from the wikipedia page, along with the photograph, but have not complied with the Licence.

Regarding the image, I ask you to contact me so that we can reach an agreement on reasonable terms for the use of the image. I note with interest that you are using it for commercial purposes, and look forward to fruitful discussions.

Regarding the text of your page, as it is copied from the aforementioned wikipedia page, I ask you to contact the authors of the page -- these are numerous, and it is unlikely that you can contact them all. However, it is possible that one or more of the principle contributors to the page could be contracted to provide text of suitable standard for your site.

I await your reply.

Best regards, Dr Andrew Kepert