Commons exists to be a repository for free culture *and* to serve as an inter-wiki storage medium for *free* media. it is not a place to dump stuff, nor is it a place which exists independently of other wikis. Copyright violations are not a minor or trivial problem. They are a serious problem, for which we are obligated to act when they are properly brought to our attention. This is all nothing new. If there are Wikimedians who are advocating housing copyrighted media in Commons, speak up now, because we need to get clear on why that is not cool immediately.