--- Justin Cormack <justin(a)specialbusservice.com>
wrote:
I dont think crown copyright images should be in
templates
either. Anything in template space should be free.
The legal position is clear. CC images can be used in
any medium or format once the legal conditions, which
cover things like accuracy and acknowledgement, are
covered. So once one doesn't disrepect the image by
using them in a POV manner (eg, creating a "War
mongering bastards" template and put a CC image of
Blair in, or create a 'murderers of Diana" template
and put the Prince of Wales in it), and the image when
one enters it contains all required info (an
acknowledgment that it is CC, etc) then its usage is
fully legal under the relevant legislation. WP's legal
interpretation of the law on fairuse for templates is
questionable.
CC is an open and shut case. Once the legal
requirements of CC are met (and in templates they are
dead easy to meet, because one is creating a template
heading so one can ensure it avoids POV) CC images are
OK for templates. So one can, for example, create a
template for UK prime ministers in the 20th century
and legally use CC images once they are of PMs from
the UK in the timespan covered, and the images have
the required info in the files when one hits the
images. One would only be breaching CC if the image
was not of a PM from the UK in the 20th century in
that case (which would fall foul of our own accuracy
rules anyway), if the template was POV (which would
break our own NPOV rules) or if it wasn't recorded as
a CC image, which also would break our rules. If we
follow OUR own rules, CC images are covered totally
for such usage.
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