On 7/25/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
Anthony wrote:
My response was to someone who was suggesting that
locking down the
site so that people can't even upload free content without having
gained the privilege is necessary to "keep WP out of legal peril". If
locking down the site helps Wikipedia create the best free
encyclopedia, then I'm all for it. I haven't been convinced that it
would. And arguments that not locking down the site would put WP into
legal peril are certainly not going to convince me otherwise.
Sometimes it seems that those who would impose such drastic measures for
the sake of "keeping WP out of legal peril" know as little about
copyright law as their opposite numbers who are regularly uploading the
material. They only differ in being on opposite sides of the issue.
Ec
I think this is absolutely the case. And I also think that's why
legal compliance issues should be left to the official agents of the
organization to worry about.
The focus of the rest of us should be on how to make the best free
encyclopedia. Sure, this means not including copyright violations,
but not with the sense of urgency that some seem to be suggesting.
Such a focus would also imply that images which aren't included in any
pages, and images which are only included on user pages (for
instance), are an even lower priority.
How do we make the best free encyclopedia? Is it by making it easier
to upload images, or harder?
Anthony