[WikiEN-l] Would you like one of your videos posted on Wikipedia?

[David Alexander Russell]

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Stephen Streater wrote:
> Would the original poster be liable in the UK
> for each copy made though? I don't have a
> clear answer on this yet. By releasing something
> under a free licence, am I saying:
> "you have the right to copy this"
> or am I saying
> "you have the right to copy this subject to applicable laws"?
> The second seems to make sense, but then why delete
> copyvio images if the images are subject to the law anyway?

I'm not entirely sure (IANAL etc.) but surely there is a chance that, if
the person taking the photo/film was legally restrained from offering it
under a particular licence (in this case, one that allowed commercial
use), then any such licencing would be invalid.

Cynical
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