[Commons-l] Editorial use vs commercial exploitation

Fri Aug 4 12:14:08 UTC 2006

It seems as though this is a form of fair use, and as such would be 
allowable on projects (such as en.wp) that allow fair use but not on 
Commons and others which don't.

Chris

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Patrick-Emil Zörner wrote:

> 
> --- Fredrik Josefsson <fred_chessplayer at yahoo.se> wrote:
> 
> > There are some images that are protected from
> > "commercial exploitation", although they are not
> > restricted in commercial editorial use such as
> > Wikipedia, newspapers, magazines and books on the
> > subject. 
> 
> So you give the answer yourself. They are not 100% commercial. What is
> "commercial exploitation"? Sell things to get rich. Well that is why
> you sell stuff.
> 
> > If I undestand it correctly, such images are for
> > example protected from being: postcards , sold
> > separately and used in advertisement. 
> 
> It could mean anything. That is the reason why commons wants pictures
> that where we can clearly say they are free (Even though we turn a
> blind eye on the GFDL ;-)
>  
> > What is the view of the Wikimedia foundation about
> > such images?
> 
> It is not only a matter of the foundation but also a matter of the
> community. Because if these will be allowed on commons I will stop
> doing my adminstrative work there and make use of my right to leave.
> 
> regards
> 
> Paddy
> 
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