[WikiEN-l] Uploading images should be a privilige, not a right

[Steve Bennett]

On 7/21/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 7/21/06, Mark Wagner <carnildo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > There are two problems with letting just anybody upload images:
> > 1) Copyright law is very complex.  Most people don't understand it.
> > 2) Most people *aren't aware* that they don't understand it.
> >
> Isn't that a problem with letting just anybody add text, too?

It's easier to detect copyvioed text (just google it), and people
protect their images more jealously than they do their text. Also,
editors are much more likely to upload the "canonical' image of their
subject than some "canonical" text about it.

Three reasons why it's a much bigger problem for images.

Steve