[WikiEN-l] Re: Non-free images, there has to be a better way

[Alphax]

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James D. Forrester wrote:
> Michael Snow wrote:
> 
> 
>>>"Fair use" is laziness too in many cases. But my point was that if 
>>>you're going to the trouble of asking for permission, which is otherwise 
>>>commendable, it is lazy and counterproductive not to take the very 
>>>simple step of asking for permission *under a free license*.
> 
> 
> Well, it's rare to get permission for GFDL licensing or whatever; I've
> managed to get loads of replies which are happy to give Wikipedia a
> licence, but will not be able to license under GFDL/CC-BY/etc. - dozens
> and dozens of them. Some of them, I noted, ended up just being grabbed
> and copied for fair use instead (by other users), which is more than
> just a little dispiriting.
> 

Unfortunately, the biggest hurdle seems to be the commercial use aspect.
I tried to obtain permission for a (what turned out to be unfree)
Featured Picture. The image we had was a lower-resolution version of a
very large, high-quality composite photo. Permission was refused solely
on the basis that their photo could be used *by anyone who wanted to*
for commercial purposes. People seem to be absolutely paranoid about
copyright.

IANAL, and is seems that the people we commonly ask permission from are
in the same position.

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