[WikiEN-l] Images on user pages

Wed Sep 14 00:16:44 UTC 2005

I saw Sam Korn enforcing that one time, dunno how far he went with it though...
Yes, it is copyright infringement. No, the law doesn't care. The law
has absolutely no regard for anything but the people with better
lawyers.

On 9/14/05, Fastfission <fastfission at gmail.com> wrote:
> Do we have an official policy on images on user pages? Correct me if I'm
> wrong, but wouldn't the use of copyrighted materials there in a way which
> did not qualify as "fair use" simply be copyright infringement, in the same
> way it would in the article namespace? Does the law make the namespace
> distinction? (That sounds like a silly question in a way, but I suppose I'm
> referencing "safe harbor" laws.)
> 
> In the end, I think this comes down to "should we allow copyright violations
> on user pages?" which sounds to me like the answer would be "of course not".
> 
> 
> Boy, wouldn't it be fun to start enforcing this! Anybody in the mood to
> become "most hated user, especially among the young and brittle"? If the
> answer is definitely "no exceptions", it would be nice to have a quote from
> Jimbo Wales with his thoughts on this to use as a reference, since a lot of
> people have strong proprietary feelings about their user pages.
> 
> FF
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