[WikiEN-l] "Fair use" abuse on user pages

Fri Sep 23 07:37:41 UTC 2005

On 9/23/05, Fastfission <fastfission at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There *was* such a flow chart at one point, or an equivalent of one
> (if it has this, go to B, if not, go to C; and in the end you'd end up
> with "can use it" or "can't"). The problem was that it was confusing
> and rarely ever used.
>
> Thus was my impetus to re-write the tags so that they would be
> self-defining. When incorrectly used they make it clear as such. It
> seems to have been having some small effect, I've been told, but it's
> hard to know for sure.


Maybe it's just me, but when someone is completely oblivious with regard to
> copyright law, how are they going to find out which tag to use if they need
> to read the tag to find out if it fits? Now we've got the automated license
> selector in the upload process, we should have some easy way for noobs to
> determine which one to choose. If the previous system was confusing and
> rarely used, it should've been rewritten to make things easier (as much as
> it's possible with law-related text) and its use should be encouraged more.
> Not having an easy to understand quick read about licenses is the excuse
> people use to upload loads of abusive fair use claimed images. Having such a
> system return makes excuses impossible.

  Mgm