[Foundation-l] Smurfs Movie is infringing on wikipedia copyright

[Mike Dupont]

Well I found it disturbing, and i stlll find it disturbing.

I still find that we are failing our mission if we just accept this.
Someone has to stand up and say something about this, so I guess I
will have to stand alone.


here are some stats on the licences in general
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Metrics/License_statistics I did not
find any license stats for wikipedia or commons.

Also a number of images are fair usage on wikipedia.


In any case, it is a bad example for kids, it is a bad example for
students, it is a bad example for anyone. we should not allow the
wikipedia logo and name to be used in such a manner.

People need to check the license before you use them, advertising
agencies cannot just take pictures off the wikipedia and copy them
into your advertising, students cannot just copy them into their
homework. You need to research into them first and check the license.

thanks,
mike

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 12:59 AM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 December 2011 23:09, Mike  Dupont <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Well thanks for the great explanation, so the did their homework.
>> now what about the example that is being given to kids, just google
>> it, download an image from wikipedia and then use it in your
>> advertising campaign.
>> How could wikipedia allow someone to use the wikipedia logo in such a manner?
>> mike
>
> Well we do have quite a collection of public domain images where you
> can do precisely that. Realistically I think we have to accept that
> most films are not going to include extended scenes covering copyright
> and free licenses.
>
>
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