On Thursday 19 February 2004 11:36 am, Erik Moeller wrote:
It is in our interest, as an encyclopedia, to make use of historically relevant images, and it is our interest, as an encyclopedia, to rely on the doctrine of fair use to do so. It is in our interest as an open content project to make sure that we do not rely on fair use where we could produce images ourselves. It is also in our interest as an open content project to make it easy for third parties to filter out images which they cannot legally use.
The solution, to me, therefore seems obvious:
- Develop a process whereby it is determined if an image can be obtained
by other means than fair use, and whether fair use is justifiable;
- Tag all fair use images to allow easy filtering.
I agree with Erik. Historical images are needed in an encyclopedia, and we can't reproduce them as free images.
Tagging fair use images can be done by adding {{msg:fairuse}} on the image description page. Obviously this should be improved: every upload should have boxes for Copyright/License, Author, Source, and information that are must be filled in.
I don't see how one could make a case for "maximum reusability" if we package multiple tarballs, one with all fair use images, one with all public domain images, one with all gfdl images, one with all "permission for educational use" images, or some sensible combinatione thereof.
Best, Sascha Noyes