Commons isnt damaged that needs to be routed around,
the laws are an ass
and problems will follow where ever, except to maybe a handful of countries
who don't give a fluffy duck about copyright.
the problem is communication between projects, thats fixable
On 25 June 2014 00:29, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 24 June 2014 17:25, Chris McKenna
<cmckenna(a)sucs.org> wrote:
The problem is that people from other projects
are uploading files in a
good
faith understanding that Commons will look after
them, as they work on
the
principle that unless something is provably
unfree then it is
acceptable to
host.
Unfortunately, Commons actually operates on the principle that if there
a
possibility that someone somewhere may in future
claim that a file is
unfree, with or without proof, and with or without merit to the claim,
then
it cannot be held unless we have proof (of a
higher standard than
required
by professional copyright lawyers) that the file
is completely free in
the
US and the source country, now and at all
conceivable future times,
then it
must be deleted. There is also a great reluctance
to engage with anyone
who
has a lesser understanding of copyright than the
self-educated and
self-appointed experts on Commons, and with anyone who has a lesser
grasp of
English than they do. There is an equal
reluctance to let anyone using
the
images know that there are questions about a
file.
Until this attitude changes, Commons is not and cannot be a reliable
host of
media for other projects, and usage as such must
be deprecated and an
alternative, reliable service project initiated.
+1. Commons is behaving like damage that needs to be routed around.
- d.
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