Nemo - follow up question, is there a published case study anywhere in any
language?
I am not aware of WMF legal ever getting involved in these sorts of cases.
Chasing copyright violations or managing a project to defend against
copyright vio seems more like a project for any Wikimedia chapter or
community organization to do, perhaps with WMF grant funding support.
Comparable organizations like YouTube, Facebook etc also do not provide
direct legal support to their user base and I cannot imagine the wiki
community and WMF coming to any agreement for doing this either.
I know there are lists on English Wikipedia or somewhere of instances of
publications plagiarizing Wikipedia text. I am unable to find the links
right now, but I have seen several compilations somewhere. I am not aware
of any of those cases going to court either.
There is a commercial service at
<https://www.pixsy.com/>
Their business model is to find reuse of images in violation of copyright
then to shake down the thief for cash. Whatever they collect they give half
to the copyright holder. If anyone were to advance the cause of
Wiki-policing then considering pixsy's model of justice might be a place to
start the conversation.
On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 9:09 PM, Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think this is one instance where the WMF Legal
should act on behalf of
the all the photographers rather than leave it to individuals who may not
have the ability to hire someone. This would set a very clear precedent
about sch activities from images Donated to WMF projects, WMF, WLM team,
and the wider community have moral obligation to ensure that the rights of
those that contributed to the competition are respected.
On 4 January 2018 at 04:12, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Lane Rasberry, 03/01/2018 21:59:
There has never been a lawsuit for inappropriate
reuse of cc media, has
there?
Several.
Does anyone even know of a case of a copyright
holder getting paid
without a lawsuit in such a case?
Sure. It's easier for works released with a non-commercial license and
used for blatantly commercial purposes, of course.
Federico
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