[Foundation-l] Foundation Licensing Policy

[Ed Sanders]

3. "to complement (within narrow limits) articles about copyrighted 
contemporary works"
My main problem is with #3, which basically opens the door to use any 
image which is mildly relevant. I can't see any valid uses of this 
exception.

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On 3/27/07, Ed Sanders <ejsanders at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The problem with #3 is it gives no clarification as to how narrow the
>> limits should be. If I have an article about a film (a copyrighted
>> contemporary work) and I upload 30 screenshots, I could argue each one
>> "complements" the article, and who's to say that only using 30 of the
>> ~200,000 frames of the film isn't within "narrow limits".
> 
> Or .... 10 minutes out of two hours? 100,000 times over again.
> (http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/google/viacomyoutube31307cmp.html)
> 
> Even if the board intended the resolution to be that open ended, keep
> in mind that this resolution sets the absolute limit of what will be
> tolerated on the Wikimedia servers.
> 
> It is not the case that what the resolution forbids is permitted.
> 
> We are all still charged with educating people and enforcing sane
> policies which uphold our core missions. This resolution is not a free
> pass on vigilance.
> 
> If the culture on a project is pushing us away from our core mission,
> the best solution is NOT to petition the board for a stricter base
> requirement (which will no doubt have unintended side effects),
> instead you should be making an effort to change the culture.
> 
> Many of our users are either completely uninformed or substantially
> confused by what "Free" means in the context of our projects
> (hopefully this is easier for Frwiki and the like). While this
> resolution will, no doubt, help raise awareness, each and every one of
> us also have a part to play both internally and externally.
> 
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