[WikiEN-l] Next step in "fair use" cleanup?

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Matt R wrote:
> --- Justin Cormack <justin at specialbusservice.com> wrote:
> 
>>On 24 Mar 2006, at 14:01, Matt R wrote:
>>
>>
>>>--- Justin Cormack <justin at specialbusservice.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>We dont accept "with permission" images, and we dont accept  
>>>>>>anything
>>>>>>that is not verifiable by someone else. So there would be  
>>>>>>supporting
>>>>>>documentation somewhere for that case.
>>>>>
>>>>>Could every editor be obliged to attempt to find that supporting
>>>>>documentation for every image in every article they edit? I really
>>>>>doubt it.
>>>>
>>>>For everything other than self-created pictures, yes. If the uploader
>>>>cant produce documentation, delete the image.
>>>
>>>I don't think that's a good idea. I've uploaded numerous images after
>>>negotiating a free license with the copyright holder, for which  
>>>there is no
>>>supporting documentation other than my assertion (barring private  
>>>emails).
>>
>>You are supposed to forward such emails to the foundation - there is  
>>a special
>>email address for this. You dont have to post them on the wiki.
> 
> 
> Really? I've never heard of this before. It'd be pointless anyway: If I'm
> willing to lie when I assert that I've corresponded with someone about
> such-and-such a license for an image, what's to stop me from forwarding a
> fabricated email exchange to the Wikimedia Foundation?
> 

The correct procedure is to get the copyright owner to write to
permissions at wikimedia.org which goes into an OTRS queue which can be
accessed by anyone listed on [[m:OTRS]] - finding out if a claim is
bogus or not is as simple as looking it up.

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