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

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthony wrote:

>On 7/21/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On 7/21/06, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
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>>>On 7/21/06, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:
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>>>>If you have a suggestion that doesn't involve large numbers of
>>>>nonexistent volunteers working all hours to keep WP out of
>>>>legal peril, feel free to enlighten us.
>>>>
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>>>Here's one: when people send in a DMCA takedown notice, remove the
>>>material, notify the uploader that her materials have been removed
>>>(via their talk page and email if the address is known), and provide
>>>them with an opportunity to send a written notice to the service
>>>provider stating that the material has been wrongly removed.  If the
>>>uploader provides a proper "counter-notice" claiming that the material
>>>does not infringe copyrights, then promptly notify the claiming party
>>>of the individual's objection.  However, only restore the image if
>>>there is also a consensus that the image is "free enough" within the
>>>project's guidelines.
>>>
>>>Anthony
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>>I'm not sure the DMCA system exists under England and Wales law and
>>the evidece suggests the courts will think wikipedia is within their
>>juristiction. You are reduced to gambleing on their being no way for
>>the foundation to suffer any monitery hurt from the uk.
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>>What about the Netherlands? Or france? Or Korea. Do they follow the DMCA system?
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>Fair enough.  Of course, short of shutting down the Internet (or at
>least refusing to serve content to countries with ridiculous copyright
>laws), I'm not sure what can be done.
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In the absence of some willingness to confront these issues, we keep 
issuing our own judgements against ourselves.  This can only lead to 
being bogged down in a legal web of our own making.  We don't need to 
defend every last claim of copyvio that comes along, but showing a litle 
courage would be nice.

Ec