On 8 February 2010 00:16, Ian Woollard wrote:
My understanding is that the Wikipedia
doesn't really have any risk
under the law.
Provided the strictures of the DMCA are followed, any uploaded
copyrighted material simply has to be removed promptly if they receive
a copyright violation notice. If the strictures of the DMCA aren't
followed then the Wikipedia/media could be in big trouble.
The problem for Commons is also reusability - Wikimedia could get away
with just about anything, but reusers may not.
I sometimes wonder whether reusability is the rope with which the
free-culture movement hangs itself.
Ec