You should probably edit <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr_images">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr_images</a> accordingly then once the discussion here is over.<br><br>-Yonatan<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gregory Maxwell</b> <<a href="mailto:gmaxwell@gmail.com">gmaxwell@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 2/20/07, <a href="mailto:samuli@samulilintula.net">samuli@samulilintula.net</a> <<a href="mailto:samuli@samulilintula.net">samuli@samulilintula.net</a>> wrote:<br>> > Erik, if a Flickr user misclicked on the dropdown and selected the
<br>> > wrong license unknowingly and unintentionally they did not make a<br>> > valid release under that license. Not only would such an accidental<br>> > and uncompensated release have zero legal standing, it is terrible
<br>> > from a position of ethics.<br>><br>> IIRC, and it has been a short while since I uploaded images with<br>> FlickrLickr, a FlickrLickr user *does not* select any license from a<br>> dropdown box.<br>
<br>Please re-read what I wrote. You've misunderstood me and I'm not sure<br>how to clarify other than to say that I'm speaking about Flickr users<br>and not flickrlickr users.<br><br>> > Furthermore, there are *many* copyright violations on Flickr. Flickr
<br>> > refuses to take complaints from third parties so it is no wonder the<br>> > accumulate. A second human review is a good sanity check against<br>> > situations where the flickr user is not really the copyright holder.
<br>><br>> Yes, but this chance has already once been reviewed by a FlickrLickr user.<br>> A second checks is just as silly an idea as double checking all images<br>> uploaded directly to Commons.<br><br>We've seen some copyvios from flickr. I've not personally used
<br>FlickrLickr, does it make it easy to see other uploads from the same<br>person? Thats a typical place to look for signs of trouble.<br><br>> Well, I'm not going to touch any of those images I uploaded with<br>> FlickrLickr. Re-checking them is a waste of time, tagging them was a
<br>> stupid move, and I'll let someone else choke on work no one has time to<br>> do.<br><br>No one asked you to.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Commons-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org">
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