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

[David Alexander Russell]

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Stephen Streater wrote:
> Given that Fair Use is a US construct, does this mean
> Wikipedia can never have access to England-generated
> content which is available under non-commercial terms,
> such as shots of a Royal Park?
> 
> It would be breaking English law to put it up under
> a free licence or under Fair Use, and external linking
> of media on Wikipedia is being phased out, so I
> couldn't link to an external website hosting it either.
> 
> Is there a way around this?


Well, short of allowing noncommercial licences, no. Since Wikipedia
requires that all media is released under a 'free content' licence
(GFDL, CC-Att-SA, whatever), it by definition cannot include content
which cannot be licenced in such a way. In other words, because of the
legal restrictions the author does not have the legal power to grant a
commercial use licence, and therefore Wikipedia can never acquire a
valid commercial use licence.

Cynical
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