[Foundation-l] Celebrity pictures

Sat Aug 26 03:53:59 UTC 2006

I suggest you work on getting these photos as
individual editors.  After all "The Foundation"
consists of around a dozen people and there are many
thousands of individual editors.  I imagine at least
three dozens of those editors are particulary
interested in these pictures.  While at the same time
the people that make up "The Foundation" propably feel
as if they each have three dozen priority tasks to do
already.  Anr I do not believe this project would be a
priority by Foundation standards.  So practically
speaking  you are *not* more likely to succeed in
obtaining photos if it is left up to "The Foundation".

Birgitte SB

--- James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Generally speaking, I am a weak defender of the use
> of copyrighted pictures
> of living people (except when there's a freebie
> available) because I don't
> think they have the time to have a picture of
> themselves taken so it can be
> used on Wikipedia. (Don't hit me back with semantics
> -- I know it would be
> usable for more than Wikipedia.)
> 
> However, I do believe we should be persuing an
> active effort to obtain
> free-use photographs of living people wherever
> possible. I'm talking about
> an effort at the Foundation level.
> 
> On 8/25/06, Garion96 <garion96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/9/06, Garion96 <garion96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Regarding Jimmy Wales's comment here
> >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3APublicity_photos&diff=66922063&oldid=58823881
> > >  concerning fair use.
> > >
> > > To quote "In general, ordinary publicity photos
> of celebrities should
> > not
> > > be used in Wikipedia unless they are released
> under a free license. We
> > are
> > > powerful enough now that we can insist on this,
> and get it, from just
> > about
> > > any celebrity, or we can get a free photo in a
> number of different ways.
> > > Using fair use in such cases discourages us from
> creatively looking for
> > a
> > > way to enlarge the commons."
> > >
> > > Would it be a good idea if the foundation would
> ask for 'free' images
> > from
> > > big record companies (like Sony music
> entertainment), actor agencies
> > etc. I
> > > know any editor can do this, but it would
> definitely have a greater
> > > chance of success if it is coming from the
> foundation.
> > >
> > > Garion96
> > >
> >
> > Anymore comments on this? Ixnays, supports and the
> like? :)
> >
> > Garion
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