On 2/20/07, samuli@samulilintula.net samuli@samulilintula.net wrote:
Erik, if a Flickr user misclicked on the dropdown and selected the wrong license unknowingly and unintentionally they did not make a valid release under that license. Not only would such an accidental and uncompensated release have zero legal standing, it is terrible from a position of ethics.
IIRC, and it has been a short while since I uploaded images with FlickrLickr, a FlickrLickr user *does not* select any license from a dropdown box.
Please re-read what I wrote. You've misunderstood me and I'm not sure how to clarify other than to say that I'm speaking about Flickr users and not flickrlickr users.
Furthermore, there are *many* copyright violations on Flickr. Flickr refuses to take complaints from third parties so it is no wonder the accumulate. A second human review is a good sanity check against situations where the flickr user is not really the copyright holder.
Yes, but this chance has already once been reviewed by a FlickrLickr user. A second checks is just as silly an idea as double checking all images uploaded directly to Commons.
We've seen some copyvios from flickr. I've not personally used FlickrLickr, does it make it easy to see other uploads from the same person? Thats a typical place to look for signs of trouble.
Well, I'm not going to touch any of those images I uploaded with FlickrLickr. Re-checking them is a waste of time, tagging them was a stupid move, and I'll let someone else choke on work no one has time to do.
No one asked you to.