But seriously maybe the image upload page should have a big warning at the top of it 'Do not upload copyrighted images to the Wikipedia (insert brief technical warning speil here) Public Domain images are available here' Sure you have to tick the box but newbies don't know why.
Please check out the text on the new software (http://beta.wikipedia.com) and tell me what you think should be changed. I can see that a link to the Public domain resources page wouldn't be a bad idea, along with perhaps a somewhat more detailed copyright warning (but I don't want to be too discouraging either). 0
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