On 2/5/06, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal(a)inbox.org>
wrote:
This is beginning to become somewhat of a
significant problem...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Promophoto&diff=2561…
This is bad for oh so many reasons. I won't get into the legal ones,
in part because I'm not sure who exactly is to blame, but it should be
enough reason that someone might come along, see this image, and
assume that it's part of a press kit, because, well, *it says it is*.
This is indeed very bad for the reasons you give. I think the old wording is better.
Also, 'being
part of a press kit' is too high a bar to prove and I'm not sure if 'being
part of a press kit' is
well defined enough anyway.
Just my IANAL 2 cents.
-- mav
Personally I'd go with something like: "This work has been tagged as a
copyrighted promotional photo. Promotional photos should only be used
in Wikipedia under the terms of [[Wikipedia:Publicity photos]]." And
then let that referenced page decide the *policy* of when to use the
photos.
I'm not sure if others would agree with this or not, so I'm just
throwing it out there.
Anthony