[WikiEN-l] expunging copyright violations (Was: Re: Admin burnout)

[Rich Holton]

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> John Vandenberg wrote:
> 
>> However, the issue of access to copyvios increases with the number of
>> admins.  In my opinion this isnt solved with less admins, but by
>> expunging copyvios completely or further restricting access to them.
>> In this, I am more thinking about copies of articles from other
>> encyclopedias, as opposed to the snippets taken from a website.  These
>> copyvios are of limited usefulness to admins after a few days and
>> should be inaccessible, both in the article history and the deletion
>> log; instead a boilerplate page should alert the reader that the
>> version they have requested is a copyvio and provide the details, such
>> as source, contributors name, etc.  All access to these copyright
>> violations after it has been removed should be restricted to case by
>> case needs.
>>
> Some broad access to these copyvios may still be needed for admns.  
> Putting "COPYVIO" in big letters across its face could make it unusable 
> except for checking out possible copyvios.  Some popular pictures may 
> very well keep being uploaded by other users who are unaware of the 
> previous determination.
> 
> Ec
> 

IANAL, but this seems reasonable to me...unless there was some potential 
value in an image with COPYVIO emblazoned upon it.

-Rich