[Foundation-l] Celebrity pictures

[James Hare]

Alright, then I'll be sending out the letters on behalf of myself.

On 8/25/06, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I suggest you work on getting these photos as
> individual editors.  After all "The Foundation"
> consists of around a dozen people and there are many
> thousands of individual editors.  I imagine at least
> three dozens of those editors are particulary
> interested in these pictures.  While at the same time
> the people that make up "The Foundation" propably feel
> as if they each have three dozen priority tasks to do
> already.  Anr I do not believe this project would be a
> priority by Foundation standards.  So practically
> speaking  you are *not* more likely to succeed in
> obtaining photos if it is left up to "The Foundation".
>
> Birgitte SB
>
> --- James Hare <messedrocker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Generally speaking, I am a weak defender of the use
> > of copyrighted pictures
> > of living people (except when there's a freebie
> > available) because I don't
> > think they have the time to have a picture of
> > themselves taken so it can be
> > used on Wikipedia. (Don't hit me back with semantics
> > -- I know it would be
> > usable for more than Wikipedia.)
> >
> > However, I do believe we should be persuing an
> > active effort to obtain
> > free-use photographs of living people wherever
> > possible. I'm talking about
> > an effort at the Foundation level.
> >
> > On 8/25/06, Garion96 <garion96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 8/9/06, Garion96 <garion96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >  Regarding Jimmy Wales's comment here
> > >
> >
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3APublicity_photos&diff=66922063&oldid=58823881
> > > >  concerning fair use.
> > > >
> > > > To quote "In general, ordinary publicity photos
> > of celebrities should
> > > not
> > > > be used in Wikipedia unless they are released
> > under a free license. We
> > > are
> > > > powerful enough now that we can insist on this,
> > and get it, from just
> > > about
> > > > any celebrity, or we can get a free photo in a
> > number of different ways.
> > > > Using fair use in such cases discourages us from
> > creatively looking for
> > > a
> > > > way to enlarge the commons."
> > > >
> > > > Would it be a good idea if the foundation would
> > ask for 'free' images
> > > from
> > > > big record companies (like Sony music
> > entertainment), actor agencies
> > > etc. I
> > > > know any editor can do this, but it would
> > definitely have a greater
> > > > chance of success if it is coming from the
> > foundation.
> > > >
> > > > Garion96
> > > >
> > >
> > > Anymore comments on this? Ixnays, supports and the
> > like? :)
> > >
> > > Garion
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