Hello how are you? Yesterday I came across two profiles uploading the same photos of the same individual. I understand that if I go out to the field with a person and we both register a bird with our cameras or cell phones, it is ok for each of us to upload it. The difference in this case is that t…

[image] gonsaro: So in these cases should it be marked as infringing copyright taking into account the profile settings? In my opinion it’s not ok to upload the exactly same photo as other account but let me know Observations with the same photo where permission is given are OK on iNaturalist…

As I became a more active iNaturalist user this summer I was looking around old forums about how to share sightings. My understanding is that there was a vote and I guess it was voted down? You can share sightings with eBird no problem, and this missing feature with iNaturalist is frustrating and …

Yes, as long as permission is granted, it is fine to do (and would conform to the image licenses of the original poster). In situations like these, it is best practice for the second poster of the same photo to note in their observation (description, comment) that they are using the other person’s p…

Occasionally I have observed something but my photo didn’t come out, and I have used one taken by a companion. In those cases I put in the description “Photo by Jean Doe who was with me and gave permission.” I think that covers it if Jean Doe also wants to submit the observation. Just keep it trans…

Duplicate images, observations & copyright matter

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Duplicate images, observations & copyright matter

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