On 3/10/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
Mark Wagner wrote:
Here's a thought - "fair use" images need to go through a review process *before* uploading, sort of like featured articles. If the "fair use image candidate" gets through the process, then it can be recorded and we don't have to fight about it anymore.
I have reservations about this. Fair use is a grey area legally - it's a permissible violation of copyright. If we had a formal review process, might that not make the project more liable if we get it wrong? In addition, if we make fair use more difficult, then we are likely to get people tagging images with free tags. If they are tagged as fair use, a lot of obvious violations show up. On the other hand, if it's mis-tagged as {{GFDL}}, we'd really have to go to the source.
I would rather make it a requirement that the uploader list a source or the name of the copyright holder. Lots of images don't have a source clearly marked, and don't have information about the copyright holder. How can we even hope to verify licensing if we don't know who holds the copyright (or at worst, where it came from)
Ian