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Great initiative. However I am curious about the "NO USE FRANCE" text at the end of this article. Is this a licence issue or something? Would love it if someon

• jjmarr 7mo ago
  It might be because there's a person in the photo, and France is very strict on photographing people. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements#France https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Country_specific_... In terms of the formatting/brevity, Reuters was originally a wire service. They'd cover news in foreign locations and send it by telegraphic wire to local newspapers that would license the content. Telegraphs charged by the word and didn't have letter case. Cryptic in-band signals like "NO USE FRANCE" are a relic of that time. Since the link OP posted is to the B2B part of Reuters, I'm assuming they still haven't modernized this system.
  • GuB-42 7mo ago
    It doesn't seem to be about photographing people, other pictures don't feature people and still have the "NO USE FRANCE" tag. It seems like all pictures by Chris Jung have the "NO USE FRANCE" tag. My best guess is that Chris Jung has some kind of an exclusivity contract for publishing in France. Looking at his website, he publishes in "Paris Match", a French magazine, so it may be related.
    • jjmarr 7mo ago
      That makes more sense.
      • verelo 7mo ago
        You folks are amazing, thanks for catching that. My curiosity is soothed!
• iyaiyadino 7mo ago
  In France solar panel are mandatory over car park. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/france-to-require-all-large-car-parks-to-be-covered-by-solar-panels https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/france-to-requ...