[Foundation-l] Re: [Wikipedia-l] "(image) quotation policy" proposed in Korean Wikipedia and Commons

Sat Jan 28 05:13:13 UTC 2006

copyright.or.kr is 법정위원회(maybe "committee established by law"?). Its
establishment, organization, purpose, etc. are stated in the law.

On 1/25/06, Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, being a lawyer and a PhD candidate in copyright law, I think
> do have "legal mind" :-)
>
> And there are some others on juriwiki-l too :-)
>
> Is copyright.or.kr a governement institution?
>
> Anyway, I know some legal scholars in Korea, and I can contact them to
> obtain more precise information. But it will take some time.
>
> I'll follow the link and I forward this to juriwiki-l
>
> Best,
>
> Jean-Baptiste Soufron
>
> Puzzlet Chung wrote:
> > User:WonYong, who insisted that the contents of Wikipedia should be
> > restricted by National Security Law weeks ago (
> > http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-January/043321.html
> > ), claims that copyrighted images can be uploaded to Korean Wikipedia
> > and Wikimedia Commons,  through "quotation policy."
> >
> > Some months ago, WonYong wanted to upload image files from South
> > Korean government, but found that they are copyrighted and not allowed
> > to be uploaded. Now he came up with a new (proposed) policy that
> > allows uploading almost any image files. His point is that even
> > copyrighted images can be _quoted_ in Wikipedia articles, just like
> > citations in academic articles. He says that he won't no longer need
> > fair use, which he had proposed in Korean Wikipedia before.
> >
> > South Korean copyright law states that publicized materials may be
> > quoted for report, research, or educational purposes, within a
> > reasonable scope. A bulletin board in the Copyright Discussion and
> > Arbitration Committee website (http://copyright.or.kr/) answered that
> > this "quotation" article of the bill is not suitable for writing
> > encyclopedias.
> >
> > The problem is that he pushes his policy in not only Korean Wikipedia
> > but Wikimedia Commons. He says he distrusts copyright.or.kr, and
> > doubts that other Wikipedians and those in Commons do have "legal
> > mind."
> >
> > Ongoing discussion in Wikimedia Commons is here:
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump#ALLOW_COPYRIGHTED_IMAGES.21.21
> >
> > And the diff is here:
> > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons%3AVillage_pump&diff=1233753&oldid=1233434
> >
> > Puzzlet Chung
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