[WikiEN-l] Dead wikipedians and how to really make a project boring to death

[Silas Snider]

Except when process protects us from (potentially lenghty and costly)
legal proceedings. Without a tag, it is not clear whether we have the
right to even host the image.

Sincerely,
Silas Snider
(en:User:Simonfairfax)

On 7/26/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/26/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/26/06, Guettarda <guettarda at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/26/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Is it not, theoretically speaking, possible for someone just to assert
> > > > ownership of it, and upload it under public domain? They can take full
> > > > responsibility for any (highly unlikely) challenge to their ownership
> > > > of it coming from the family or estate or whatever?
> > > >
> > > > (but in any case, yes, this is a sad situation)
> > > >
> > > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd sooner make the (somewhat suspect) claim of fair use - after all, it's
> > > an article about the subject, etc.
> >
> > In thoery you could ask his estate but they might be difficult to get hold of.
> >
> >
> > --
> > geni
>
> I think you are all missing Antheres point. Who cares whether it's
> fair use or not? Do we really have to be so anal about the rules that
> we will infact bring this to IfD, instead of just quietly ignoring the
> copyright issue in this very special unique case. We are people, for
> christs sake, not automatons! Sometimes, process is not that
> important.
>
> --Oskar
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