[Foundation-l] Fair use images

Wed Mar 8 12:40:43 UTC 2006

Hoi,
Your plea is not well targeted. Commons our principal resource for the
storage of media does not allow for "fair use" images. You describe a
problem that is different depending what resource you target, many
projects have different rules as to "fair use". The rules of new and
the existence of "fair use" material differ as well. These rules have
changed over time consequently pictures that complied with the rules
at that time would not comply anymore.

So yes, there is a problem. What is the problem that you want to
address. What do you propose to do. Who do you want to do this?

It is not as if people are not aware of it. It is not as if people are
not actively dealing with it. My point is that we need people to DO
things and not to cry wolf.

Thanks,
   GerardM

On 3/8/06, ! Chris Sherlock <ta.bu.shi.da.yu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Short and sweet: we have too many of them, most of them aren't being used as
> "fair use" images, many don't have sources, almost none have fair use
> criteria, and more than a few are being used in articles that have no real
> need for them.
>
> May I suggest that we start taking action on this issue? IMO they are a
> ticking time bomb waiting to go off. Not only that, but they are diluting
> the "freeness" of the project and causing problems for those who want to use
> our material unaltered.
>
> TBSDY
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