On 8 July 2012 17:05, Adam Cuerden <[email protected]> wrote: > Geni, I am a UK citizen. I don't live in Côte d'Ivoire.
So you accept that it is okey to ignore a countries copyright law if you are outside its jurisdiction? >The UK is thus > a relevant country, and if I may point you tio the actual Commons > policy, > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing > > "For example, if a person in the UK uploads a picture that has been > saved off a French website to the Commons server, the upload must be > covered by UK, French and US copyright law." > > The actual commons *policy* is that UK law applies. It even says it > applies if the only interaction with the UK is that someone from the > UK uploaded the thing. > > To argue anything else is to rewrite Commons policy. No it isn't. Commons has a specific policy that covers this area: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag -- geni _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
