I'd take the pragmatic justification for being copyright-sticklers on
Commons to be: so we can provide a free-media repository that our reusers can use, even commercially and world-wide, in the reasonably secure belief that their reuse is legal, because this is truly freely licensed media.
Compare and contrast to the goal of illustrating an encyclopedia with the best images available, making use of American fair use law to which such illustrations are legally entitled.
Tim Davenport "Carrite" on WP Corvallis, OR
On 12 December 2014 at 17:34, Tim Davenport shoehutch@gmail.com wrote:
Compare and contrast to the goal of illustrating an encyclopedia with the best images available,
Why would we settle for that? The reality is that many of the available images are only so-so. WP:FPC shows we can better them (although if people are going to start hauling phase one cameras around I can only assume that future wikimanias will need to feature weight training gyms and physical therapists).
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Tim Davenport shoehutch@gmail.com wrote:
Compare and contrast to the goal of illustrating an encyclopedia with the best images available, making use of American fair use law to which such illustrations are legally entitled.
Tim Davenport "Carrite" on WP Corvallis, OR
Oh well, there's a lot of the world outside the US, not necessarily speaking English, in case you forgot. Cruccone
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