[Foundation-l] Since Egypt has shutdown internet, should we too?

[Keegan Peterzell]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:39 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> Relevant to Egypt and WMF, it is important that Al-Jazeera has
> released a pile of photos and video as CC by-nd and CC-by-nc-nd:
>
>
> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/al_jazeera_releases_egypt_coverage_under_creative.php
>
> Now, those aren't free content licenses. But for a news organisation
> to release stuff under even such restrictive licenses as those is
> *radical*.
>
> Is there anyone who could ask someone at Al Jazeera about releasing
> selected photos or clips as CC by-sa? Possible pitch: "Your images of
> the event on Wikipedia! Representing it to the world!"
>
>
> - d.
>
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I had the good fortune to meet a new Wikimedia that works for readwriteweb.
 English Wikipedian [[User:Rwwmike]].  If you'd like a RWW contact, that's
certainly a good place to start.  Tell him I sent you ;)

-- 
~Keegan

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