User talk:Brettm8

Hi, I saw your note over on the CW question page. If I'm parsing the question correctly, someone has asked if they could use one of your images, and you are considering releasing it under some sort of "wikipedia use only" license?

If this is the case, then I'm sorry to say that the Wikipedia will not accept it. The Wikipedia will only accept images that can be freely distributed "down stream" as well. You commented that you wanted to retain "maximal control" (or something to that effect) over the image -- this being the case it's very unlikely that some sort of intermediary solution is possible; the Wiki is about freely giving away your efforts.

But I'd like to take a moment and ask you to consider why you want to retain control over the image? In most cases I've seen in the past, these sorts of things fall into one of two categories: photos taken by people who work for organizations with blanket statements written by lawyers who automatically protect everything, and those taken by individuals that reserve rights because the side-effects of using other options are simply not obvious.

If you fall into that later category, perhaps I could entice you into taking a trip to the Creative Commons web site, here? The problem with copyright is that you might never imagine what use someone else might put your work to, and if you can't be contacted, they simply can't use it.

Maury