Anthony DiPierro wrote:
Maybe it's time for commons to decide not to concern itself with copyright issues when they only impact certain types of commercial use, and do not prohibit the uses of such images even in a commercial encyclopedia.
No, this is not the purpose of commons. The purpose of commons is to be very restrictive and narrow so that a huge range of people who would like to feel comfortable reusing our work can do so. There will of course be borderline cases, but unlike the other projects, commons should come down firmly on the side of caution.
Indeed, by doing so, we make all the more clear what is broken about aspects of current copyright law worldwide.