[WikiEN-l] Non-free images, there has to be a better way
Jimmy Wales
jwales at wikia.com
Sat Jul 9 15:47:13 UTC 2005
Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:
> Are you at all concerned that we are
> systematically ignoring the law in
> several European countries?
I support that different languages have different policies. For
example, German Wikipedia does not allow fair use at all (or perhaps in
a very limited way).
And yes, it does concern me. It's a balancing act.
> There are still oodles of untagged images.
Well, it's about time that they just be deleted wholesale. But I know
there's been a diligent ongoing project to tag them. I wouldn't want us
to disrupt that valuable work by getting draconian all of a sudden.
> Why should eliminating by-permission images
> have a higher priority than cleaning up
> fair-use images?
Perhaps because there are few of them. :-)
I'm listening, believe me. I'm sure you'll agree these are complex
issues with many delicate legal and social ramifications for the project.
--Jimbo
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