[WikiEN-l] Re: yet another image lost for posterity

[geni]

On 11/28/05, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Given that images used on used pages are unlikely to end up in a DVD or
> a book, I seriously doubt who would suffer copyright infringement
> attacks for images hosted on community pages.
>

However the material on userpages does get reused. Why do you think
people have the big this is a wikipedia userpage tag on thier user
pages

> It strikes me as odd, that we authorize fair use on encyclopedic content
> (which is likely to be reused and to irritate copyright holders), while
> forbidding it on personal pages (where it is unlikely to be much troubles).
>

It's to do with wether the fair use claim is legit or not. It is
harder to establish a fair use claim for images on userpages

> Overall, our license issues strike me as being more confusing and messy
> every day that goes by.
>
> /me perplex
>

Simplified version

GFDL= fine
Some versionsof CC=fine
PD=fine
Fair use= maybe fine may not be. What you are seeing is only stage 2
of sorting out the situation
Wih permission (wikipedia only)=not allowed
noncomercial lisences.=Not allowed
Copyrighted no fair use= not allowed


There are some other odds and ends but the above covers the vast
majority of cases.

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geni