[WikiEN-l] Fair use redux; the second coming of hell; Are we a free content or aren't we?

Majorly axel9891 at googlemail.com
Fri Jul 20 16:42:08 UTC 2007


Heh that's an interesting way of seeing it. But so much for "free
encyclopedia" over "copyrighted image depositary"...

Alex (Majorly)

On 20/07/07, Garion96 <garion96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/19/07, WikipediaEditor Durin <wikidurin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > This morning, I did a survey of 100 image uploads. The sample size
> > with relation to
> > the overall quantity of image uploads per month is not statistically
> > significant, but
> > it is terrifying nonetheless. With that grain of salt in mind;
> >
> > I found that 44% of images uploaded were tagged as being under a
> non-free
> > license.
>
>
> What is the total amount of non-free images on wikipedia? I think the
> English Wikipedia is probably the largest (non-free content) copyrighted
> image depositary found on the internet. I know for sure some people use it
> as that.
>
> Garion96
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