On 1/28/07, Robert Scott Horning robert_horning@netzero.net wrote:
I am being told that the one and only way that these images are going to possibly be removed from Wikipedia is through a WP:OFFICE action. I think that is one of the most ridiculous sentiments ever made. For example, see the "disclaimer" that was thrown onto this image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%3AHand_with_Reflecting_Sphere.jpg
Hmm yes that is rather a worry. I would argue it's inclusion in [[Hand with Reflecting Sphere (Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror)]] at a low enough resolution could be legitimately argued to be fair use.
IMHO, this disclaimer by itself is almost proof by itself that this particular image is a copyright violation,
It is prooof that someone doesn't know what they are doing
and I would argue that the other 40,000 images also in [[en:w:Category:Fair use images of art]] also are very likly to be copyright violations. That is not a trivial number of images to be removing.
While it is a bit messy a lot of it isn't to bad. As long as people talk about the artwork in the article it is in it is posible to start building a fair use case.