First SOPA, now This !
US Copyright laws restricting Wikimedia servers from hosting what could be Public Domain around the World.
...At this point, I think it would be a good idea to start a discussion on whether to move the Wikimedia servers out of US jurisdiction.

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Rama Neko <ramaneko@gmail.com> wrote:

Commons is supposed to host images that we can guarantee are Free. It is by hosting images that we wish were free, or images that we could imagine to be Free, or images that we don't know to be copyrighted, that we harm the project. An image for which there is a reasonable doubt is an image that does not belong on Commons, period.

As for the question of consensus, it is perfectly proper to ignore opinions based on wishful thinking or ignorance. This is a technical issue, and knowledgeable technocrats rightfully have precedence over dilettantes and militants.

To conclude, I fully sympathise and concur with those of us who find national laws and copyright durations to be excessively tilted against users. I bring to their attention that by twisting and ignoring these laws, we play into the hand of their defenders: firstly by offering them the argument that their regulations do not in fact stifle expression; and secondly by exposing ourselves to legal action that can be brought to bear whenever convenient to their interests.

  -- Rama

On 17 June 2014 08:17, Neel Gupta <freedom.ne0@gmail.com> wrote:

Then it will be impossible to upload any image to the commons, except by artists & photographers.

I expect USA to expand copyrights to an additional 100 years, in a hundred years, making entrance of Copyrighted works into Public Domain impossible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright_term.svg

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:11 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Images on Commons must be public domain in both the source country and the US. The images are definitely copyrighted in the US. The question is whether they are copyrighted due to following US formalities or due to the URAA.

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