On 4/10/2012 7:38 AM, Nathan wrote:
You must've missed SJ's earlier e-mail, where
he linked this:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/ObiWolf_Lesbian…
Tim's descriptions of the deletion discussions referred specifically
to the ObiWolf images. Reading those discussions and posts to this
list, I don't think you can conclude "the system we have works very
well" - at least not in those cases.
Absolutely,
I've read the OTRS email, now. The author never intended to release the
images to the public under a free license. He uploaded them to Flickr
to share with the models. It seems that we are playing "gotcha" with
the artist by stating "irrevocable", which is a very poor stand from
which to operate, especially because people do make errors in judgement
due to lack of technical expertise or understanding of implication.
The images are not actually available anywhere else under a free
license, and I've yet to locate anything but a direct link to the images
themselves available online, on a copyrighted site. Additionally, the
artist's Flickr site
We are indeed broken if we are now deciding that we cannot honor an
artist's request to remove images he uploaded in either an error of
judgment, a misunderstanding of licensing, a lack of technical
understanding, or some combination of any or all of those.
So, can this still be remedied? I would like to hear suggestions. I
think we have admins willing to delete the images, but I would certainly
not do this on my own, "lone wolf' style, or without some agreement as
to how to accomplish this.
Cary