[Foundation-l] BitTorrent Downloads of enwiki Images

[Jeffrey V. Merkey]

Florence Devouard wrote:

>I still have not understood what you were asking the authorization for.
>Images are under a free licence, so do not need our authorization to be 
>distributed.
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>Can you provide the exact text of what you are asking authorization of ?
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The real issue is that when I receive DMCA notices, the "uploader" or 
"provider" of the content is the Foundation if the author cannot be 
identified or contacted. In response to Anthere, the real issue for the 
foundation is this:

1. I will need either the foundation to the notify users on Wikipedia 
via their talk page I have received such a notice or I am required to 
contact the users about an image they have uploaded.
2. 10 days after I contact the Foundation or the user, if the DMCA 
submitter fails to file suit against me in US District Court for 
Copyright Infringement, the Foundation and the provider of the image is 
relieved of liablity for the distribution of the images forever under 
the doctrine of esstoppell.
3. The Foundation needs to decide whether these notices should be sent 
to the individual wikipedia users, or the Foundation directly. in any 
event, it would be an extra layer shielding the foundation from claims 
for distribution of fair use images in tarballs along with XML dumps.

What will be distributed?

.tar.gz and .tar.bz2 syncrhonized archives of all images for each XML 
dump published by Brion Vibber and the team
.tar.gz and .tar.bz2 syncrhonized archives of all images for each XML 
dump with tagged fair use images removed published by Brion Vibber and 
the team

Respectfully,

Jeff