[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Steve Bennett]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:49 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> The eBay reseller named at the top of this thread may (or may not)
> have done something morally questionable, but I think it's a major

I'm not seeing it. They're printing public domain images sourced from
an open source image repository and selling them to the public. This
is exactly one of the purposes the Wikipedia family is supposed to
serve. Now, this thread has been a bit unclear about whether we're
supposedly outraged simply over the lack of attribution (as pointed
out, no attribution was requested, or even facilitated), or about the
idea of selling photos of the holocaust, or about the idea of selling
public domain content, or the idea of selling CC content. If the
outrage is over any of the last three things, well we're all a little
bit confused and should remind ourselves why we contribute to
Wikipedia.

Steve