Generally speaking, I am a weak defender of the use of copyrighted pictures
of living people (except when there's a freebie available) because I don't
think they have the time to have a picture of themselves taken so it can be
used on Wikipedia. (Don't hit me back with semantics -- I know it would be
usable for more than Wikipedia.)
However, I do believe we should be persuing an active effort to obtain
free-use photographs of living people wherever possible. I'm talking about
an effort at the Foundation level.
On 8/25/06, Garion96 <garion96(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/9/06, Garion96 <garion96(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding Jimmy Wales's comment here
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3APublicity_photos…
concerning fair use.
To quote "In general, ordinary publicity photos of celebrities should
not
be used in Wikipedia unless they are released
under a free license. We
are
powerful enough now that we can insist on this,
and get it, from just
about
any celebrity, or we can get a free photo in a
number of different ways.
Using fair use in such cases discourages us from creatively looking for
a
way to enlarge the commons."
Would it be a good idea if the foundation would ask for 'free' images
from
big record companies (like Sony music
entertainment), actor agencies
etc. I
know any editor can do this, but it would
definitely have a greater
chance of success if it is coming from the foundation.
Garion96
Anymore comments on this? Ixnays, supports and the like? :)
Garion
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