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

Fri Sep 23 14:47:53 UTC 2005

I didn't find the previous system difficult at all, personally.

On 9/23/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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