On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:25, Orionist <orion....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm not sure a consenus of >> wikimedians is the best way to make legal decisions anyway, shouldn't we >> consult an expert? > > > In a perfect world we'd have a legal department that vets each and every > image uploaded to Commons. The thing is, we'd need at least 200 lawyers from > all around the world, each one an expert in their country's copyright law, > and ready to work overtime. Even then, a legal expert's opinion is no > guarantee that a court will go the same way in case of a lawsuit. > > ...a deletion discussion among >> non-professionals is not the proper way to determine the law. > > > Neither is the opinion of a legal expert: That's the job of the courts. > Commons editors are only trying to weed out copyright infringements without > falling for copyfraud. They use their best judgement based on the text of > law and precedent cases, with the intention of protecting the end user as > much as possible. That, however, doesn't mean they offer a guarantee. The > end users are still responsible for their use of Commons' files and should > seek legal advice on their own. > > If non-professional Commons editors shouldn't be deciding which images are > PD, then they shouldn't be deciding which images are copyrighted either, and > not one image should be deleted whatever evidence of its copyrighted status > comes up. I don't think that's acceptable to anyone here. > > Regards, > -- > Orionist >
It's a difference deciding if uploads of babes with big boobs are stolen from the Internet at large or not, than to figure out if a line drawing from World War II is free or not. -- Carl Fürstenberg _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
