[Foundation-l] Wikipedia:Office Actions

[Yann Forget]

Hello,

Ray Saintonge a écrit :

> I suspect that if counsel became involved every time someone in the 
> mailing lists said, "We need a lawyer's opinion on this," he would soon 
> be overwhelmed.

Yes, however there is a need for legal advice to the community. I think
that legal issues should be taken into account much before
cease-and-desist letters reach the office. I feel that this is a bit the
 case now. We need some kind of Legal Committee which can give informed
answers to the community. As an example, among issues I know, the
copyright help pages on Commons [1] and Wikisource [2] should be
reviewed by a lawyer. Another issue is dealing with "Freedom of
panorama" on Commons. Just now, it is a kind of blind guess by Commons
admins [3].

> Ec

Regards,

Yann

[1] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Image_copyright_tags_visual

[2] http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Public_domain
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Copyright_policy
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Copyright_tags
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Licensing_compatibility

[3]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Image:Louvre_DSC00662.JPG
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama

Another tricky case:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/World_War_I_era_images_%2802/08/2006%29


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