On 26 June 2014 05:31, Neel Gupta <freedom.ne0@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, there is the reluctance of commons administrators to host media
> attributed to other entities like, God, Earth, Spirit, Church, Temple, etc.
> see
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright/Archive/2013/04#God.27s_Work
>
> This issue keeps comming up because Commons is seen and prides itself in
> hosting media files for all other Wikimedia projects. There wouldn't be any
> issue if every Wikimedia project hosted it's own media files, rather than
> moving them to commons.

There is no reluctance, all that is needed is a credible release
statement from the copyright holder. If no human creativity was
involved, then there can be no copyright on the works, however one
rarely sees publishers who actually do claim to be publishing the
'word of God', or similar, in a rush to legally waive all copyright
for their publications.

One can starkly see this apparent double standard when it comes to the
writings (or "teachings") of spiritualists who claim that their words
(or recorded performances) are directly controlled by entities such as
the long dead, or extra-terrestrial "masters", for which there can be
no legal copyright, were they to instruct their lawyers to take the
same claims as literally true; it seems odd that their publishers
still claim copyright and are keen to take money on behalf of named
copyright holders that claim to not own the very same works.

In these situations it would be unfair to expect Commons
administrators to ignore copyright claims of publishers, when the
courts do not.

Fae
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