[Foundation-l] a new free image!

Mon Feb 26 12:07:26 UTC 2007

I would like to point out the example of Paul Blank too. I do not actually
know whether he is a professional photographer, but he photographed a lot of
images of Dutch soccer players and other celebraties, such as royals,
politicians etc. Lots of these have an article on nl.wikipedia without a
photo, untill he released, because of wikipedia, his photo's under a free
licence, CC-BY. His photo's are very nice, and I doubt somehow we would have
gotten these photo's when we would have used Fair Use images instead of
nothing. He uplaoded first one photo himself, and after some talking, he
released the rest. And why would someone not hardcore wikipedian upload a
photo when there is already one? It is not very logical at first, even with
blinking templates etc, as many people will 1) not even see it, due to the
noisy layout of wikipedia, 2) they will just think " hey you already have an
image, why do you want mine?". Dont forget most visitors dont care about the
free license issue, they only care about wikipedia, about getting wikipedia
nice, and wont release stuff if they feel it is not absolutely needed.

Lodewijk

2007/2/26, teun spaans <teun.spaans op gmail.com>:
>
> I will probably respond to the rest later, as your statement about NC and
> ND
> raises som questions. As you have understood, I oppose the intended draft
> if
> it allows fair use but disapproves other notions.
>
> But for the moment I'd like to say that I agree 100% with your remark
> about
> referring to the mention of museums ion the metadata.
>
> As you may or may not know, my main pix are in the area of biology, and I
> got permission of two academic botanical gardens and a nursery to
> photograph
> their collections on the condition that I mention their location on
> upload.
> A condition I gladly fullfill, as I am grateful for the chance they offer
> me.
>
>
>
> On 2/26/07, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen op gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hoi,
> > You read the draft incorrectly; NC and ND are on its own not permitted
> > in an EDP. This has been explicitly confirmed by Kat Walsh. So be clear
> > about it; only the argument "Fair use" allows something with a NC or ND
> > license to be kept in our projects. This is not negotionable.
> >
> > I am not a fan of Fair use, I am not a fan of the overly restrictive
> > ways that we are embarking on either. There is no way in which we can
> > have a logo of a company without creating a legalistic mess where the
> > license says that you can change it and the trademark says that you
> > cannot is horrible to me. The fact that we do not acknowledge museums
> > for looking after our cultural heritage by referring to them in the Meta
> > data, the fact that we do not do this because it is Public Domain, is
> > another missed opportunity to do the right thing.
> >
> > The notion that with this doctrine we have established how we have to
> > deal with digital material once and for all is a notion that I do not
> > subscribe to.
> >
> > You want to remind me on how this thread started; in the Dutch community
> > we are working on getting much more pictures of those famous in the
> > Netherlands by making it a project. This one picture of a former
> > basketball player is imho an isolated incident. When people have the
> > time and the inclination, this is something that can be done elsewhere
> > as well. I want to remind you in turn that I responded to a remark made
> > in this thread. This is what you do in threads.
> >
> > When you wonder how much effort was put in getting Free material.. we
> > can use more people in the (Dutch) committee for free material ..
> >
> > Thanks,
> >     GerardM
> >
> >
> > teun spaans schreef:
> > > Gerard,
> > >
> > > May I kindly remind you how this thread started.
> > >
> > > This thread started with a beautiful story of how the lack of a photo
> > > prompted a professional photographer to donate photos. Personally I
> > think
> > > this would never happened if there had been an image under the fair
> use
> > > provision. The lack of a picture makes people run, if there is a
> picture
> > no
> > > one gets out of his chair to say: He, there is a match tonight, I'm
> > gonna
> > > take some pix.
> > >
> > > I know many fair use advocates think the opposite. On this list I read
> > "the
> > > availability of a fair use image won't stop
> > > someone from adding a free alternative" and "We should also recall
> that
> > the
> > > readers, would like to see an image until there "
> > >
> > > When we spoke with each other in the past you never supported the
> usage
> > of
> > > "fair use". Somehow your statements on this list, when I read them,
> even
> > > where they seem to say the opposite, seem to suggest that you have
> > changed
> > > your point of view.
> > > For example, when Muhammed suggests "the availability of a fair use
> > image
> > > won't stop someone from adding a free alternative", I think: he's
> right
> > it
> > > is not forbidden to add a free picture. But no longer any one will
> stand
> > up
> > > and say: it is a shame that we dont have a photo, There is a mact /
> > concert
> > > / interview tonight, I am going there and snap some pix! So
> effectually,
> > > having a fair use image does hurt the collecting of free content. Then
> > you
> > > come and suggest that there is no need to cripple images for fair use
> > (an
> > > doubtful statement, see below). Even when you add "If anything we
> should
> > not
> > > have "Fair use" material.", your previous statement seems to support
> > > Muhammeds plead for fair use.
> > >
> > > You suggest that it is not necessary to crop high quality images for
> > fair
> > > use. The assumption that cropping images improves legal chances for
> fair
> > use
> > > application is however very widespread. It also was one of the factors
> > in
> > > Kelly v. Arriba-Soft, 03 C.D.O.S. 5888 (9th Cir. 2003).
> > >
> > > The defenders of fair use should realize that we talk about a rather
> > vast
> > > amount of images.
> > > Some numbers:
> > > Template:albumcovers:     >55.000
> > > Template:film-screenshot: >15.000
> > > Template:Tv-screenshot:  > 30.000
> > > Now these images will be hard to replace, but I really wonder how many
> > > attempts have been made to make them free.
> > > Others, such as those of famous people, and many of the 15.000 pics in
> > > "template:fair use in" fall in this category, could potentially be
> > replaced
> > > by free pictures is someone simply steps out of his chair and starts
> > taking
> > > pictures.
> > >
> > > Gerad, I think you did not understand what I wrote about NC and ND.
> The
> > > current draft as I read it, places little restrictions on exemptions.
> > This
> > > may lead to all kinds of unintended exemptions.
> > >
> > > I know that in your heart, Gerard, you support the creation of free
> > content.
> > >
> > >
> > > I wish you health and happiness,
> > > teun spaans
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/24/07, GerardM < gerard.meijssen op gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Teun.
> > >> May I kindly remind you that we are discussing on this list how to
> deal
> > >> with
> > >> all types of issues. Personally I have never ever uploaded "Fair use"
> > >> material. It is however done on some of our projects. When material
> is
> > >> used
> > >> with a justification of being "Fair use", there is imho no reason to
> > >> cripple
> > >> such material. This was suggested in the previous post.
> > >>
> > >> You were wrong in how you reacted to what I wrote about NC and ND the
> > >> other
> > >> day, you again assume things that are not in line with what I wrote.
> It
> > is
> > >>
> > >> good to remember that "Fair use" is permitted to a project under a
> > >> Exemption
> > >> Doctrine Policy if they so choose. It is therefore relevant to
> discuss
> > how
> > >> this is to be implemented if at all. This is what I did.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>      GerardM
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 2/24/07, teun spaans <teun.spaans op gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Gerard,
> > >>>
> > >>> may I kindly remind you that our aim is to make and collect free
> > >>>
> > >> content?
> > >>
> > >>> Fair use is not free.
> > >>>
> > >>> And your remark about crippling content looks false: i checked a few
> > of
> > >>> the
> > >>> old versions, and these didnt have a photograph. Not even a fair use
> > >>>
> > >> one.
> > >>
> > >>> regards,
> > >>> teun spaans
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On 2/24/07, GerardM <gerard.meijssen op gmail.com > wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hoi,
> > >>>> When you have a good quality picture that you want to use under
> Fair
> > >>>>
> > >>> use,
> > >>>
> > >>>> you use it as a good quality picture. Why cripple our content when
> > >>>>
> > >> there
> > >>
> > >>>> is
> > >>>> no need ? If anything we should not have "Fair use" material.
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>>      GerardM
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 2/24/07, Mohamed Magdy <mohamed.m.k op gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> <snip>
> > >>>>> Well, good work!..but as others said, this isn't the proper way to
> > >>>>>
> > >> get
> > >>
> > >>>>> rid of fair use images..the availability of a fair use image won't
> > >>>>>
> > >>> stop
> > >>>
> > >>>>> someone from adding a free alternative, fair use images shouldn't
> be
> > >>>>> added in a high resolution..right? so when someone sees the image
> > >>>>>
> > >> with
> > >>
> > >>>>> low quality and s/he has another free one, s/he will replace it
> with
> > >>>>>
> > >>> the
> > >>>
> > >>>>> free image, provided that you place a message on free use images
> > >>>>>
> > >>> saying
> > >>>
> > >>>>> 'this image isn't free, if you can help.replace it...'...on the
> > >>>>>
> > >> other
> > >>
> > >>>>> end, I think with the increasing popularity, people will just add
> > >>>>>
> > >>> their
> > >>>
> > >>>>> images(to say: hey, i took that image you see on [[Cat]]
> > >>>>>
> > >> article!)...
> >
> >
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