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User talk:Scotch Mist

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* Licensing is wrong - it's not under Creative Commons license. Teofil Boretti died in 1910, so his photos are in public domain - and it's fine.

* Licensing is wrong - it's not under Creative Commons license. Teofil Boretti died in 1910, so his photos are in public domain - and it's fine.

But we still need to check authors of rest of the photos. I'll try to do that in near future. Cheers from Poland. [[user:Yarl|Yarl]] [[user talk:Yarl|✉]] 23:58, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

But we still need to check authors of rest of the photos. I'll try to do that in near future. Cheers from Poland. [[user:Yarl|Yarl]] [[user talk:Yarl|✉]] 23:58, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Yarl - thank you for your feedback and your correction on Boretti's first name! Am still in the process of adding descriptions to other photos uploaded and will endeavor to double-check the names of photographers.

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Perhaps I have misunderstood the Wikimedia licensing, but the photos uploaded are photos of family members that have been passed down to myself - Waclaw Bulczynski was my Great Grandfather - so while you are correct in assessing that I scanned the photographs, I also have ownership of original photographs which I believe were commissioned by my ancestors who presumably paid for them along with any pertinent copyrights prevailing at the time. Admittedly I am not familiar with what copyright laws regarding studio photographs did prevail in Poland at the time, and as you indicated most, if not all, of the photos could be considered to be public domain anyway given the dates. However, I would like to be sure that I am following the correct procedures and would appreciate any further advice you can give me on this matter (including any changes I need to make to photos already posted). Regards from Scotland.

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