On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Krinkle <krinklem...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't fully read the context of this thread, but something that > did cross my > mind recently, why do we treat YouTube-links different from other > links here? > > Aren't most of our sources and external linked websites atleast as > copyrighted > as YouTube ? > > Consider links to IMDb for example, the content we link to, through > that, is all copyrighted! > > Or just a good old "Official website"-link on an article about person > X or > organization Y, likely also "All rights reserved." > > YouTube atleast is partially (and soon more) under a CC-license. > There's a big difference - those are copyrighted _by the person who put the material on the web site_. On YouTube the videos are often uploaded by people who do not own the copyright, nor are connected to them. It's not copyright that is the problem, it is copyright violations. -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
