Hello,
Ray Saintonge a écrit :
I suspect that if counsel became involved every time
someone in the
mailing lists said, "We need a lawyer's opinion on this," he would soon
be overwhelmed.
Yes, however there is a need for legal advice to the community. I think
that legal issues should be taken into account much before
cease-and-desist letters reach the office. I feel that this is a bit the
case now. We need some kind of Legal Committee which can give informed
answers to the community. As an example, among issues I know, the
copyright help pages on Commons [1] and Wikisource [2] should be
reviewed by a lawyer. Another issue is dealing with "Freedom of
panorama" on Commons. Just now, it is a kind of blind guess by Commons
admins [3].
Ec
Regards,
Yann
[1]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Image_copyright_tags_visual
[2]
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Public_domain
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Copyright_policy
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Copyright_tags
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Licensing_compatibility
[3]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Image:Louvre_DS…
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama
Another tricky case:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/World_War_I_era…
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