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(a)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(a)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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