--- Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com skrev:
I would like to gather from the community some examples of works you would like to see made free, works that we are not doing a good job of generating free replacements for, works that could in theory be purchased and freed.
How about photos of dead notable people such as politicians, musicians and scientists (most images of people living between 1920-1980 are used under "fair use") ;
of buildings that no longer exists;
historical photos of the past that are released free *by the copyright owner* (not just "free" as in published before 1923, or confiscated by the allies during WWII). Say photos of the Kristallnacht.
Music pieces of groundbreaking artist that are no longer among us. Say Robert Johnson, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Holly.
Why not short video footage of important events or TV-shows? For example an exerpt of "What's My Line?" (1960) or from the Adam West Batman TV-series (1967)...
/ Fred-Chess