User talk:Kingturtle/World Coin Gallery

License
Firstly, big thanks to the gallery for allowing us to use their images, but what terms are they under? IE: can we modify them, distribute them as GFDL'd, etc.? Boffy b 22:45, 2004 Aug 20 (UTC)

Hi Kingturtle. As Boffy has asked, could we please get the license confirmed? In the meantime, images such as Image:1883_5lei_Romania.jpg may end up tagged.

This is fine for the Wikipedia site, but no good when the encylopedia is distributed. Thanks, Oliver Lineham 01:03, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
 * confirmed? i have an email from Don Norris saying we can use his images. what else do you want? if you need more, please email Don yourself, because i wouldn't know what to ask for. :) Kingturtle 01:50, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I have an e-mail from him that says commercial use and modififation with attribution are ok - so its GFDL, CC-BY-SA or Attribution. I forwarded it to the OTRS as well. --Flominator 16:49, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That does not necessarily mean it's GFDL, CC-BY-SA etc - I think you might not understand; the question is not whether Wikipedia has permission to commercially use it, the question is whether answers.com (etc) has permission. —Random832 2007-01-24T15:36:18UTC(01/24 10:36EST)

WCG itself violates copyrights
Hi Kingturtle! I am seeing once again your permission as a reason to upload images of Bulgarian coins to Commons while it is forbidden by the real copyright holder - Bulgarian National Bank. It is not your fault at all, and I am not going to blame you for that, but people tend to use it as a general permission to use anything from WCG-site.

The permission set by Mr. Norris is way too generous - he cannot give permission for reproduction of all Bulgarian coins issued after 1936 (you can see Commons:User:Bggoldie/Copyrights/Bulgarian banknotes). Even if Bulgaria was the only country in the world with such restrictions, how can you be sure he have checked all others? Now I doubt he made *any* checks, and guess he is just assuming fair use under U.S. Copyright Act which in turn got promoted by you to GFDL. -- Goldie (tell me) 19:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)