Hoi, Thanks for using understandable English. GerardM
On 24 June 2014 21:24, Rama Neko <[email protected]> wrote: > The question of deleted images on Commons is exactly isomorphic to the > various Wikipedias refusing to host copy-pasted material taken from Cthulhu > knows where. And I have never heard anybody suggest that Wikipedia would be > more "reliable" is it accepted such material. I fail to see why it should > be otherwise when Commons is concerned. > > Oh and David Gerard, would you please stop your two-pence Darth Vader act? > "Ksshhh Ksshhh, doesn't want to be regarded as a problem, Kssshhh, it needs > to behave less like one, Kssshhh ksshhh". Seriously, it's embarassing. > -- Rama > > > > On 24 June 2014 18:36, Gnangarra <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Commons isnt damaged that needs to be routed around, the laws are an ass >> and problems will follow where ever, except to maybe a handful of countries >> who don't give a fluffy duck about copyright. >> >> the problem is communication between projects, thats fixable >> >> >> >> >> On 25 June 2014 00:29, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 24 June 2014 17:25, Chris McKenna <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > The problem is that people from other projects are uploading files in >>> a good >>> > faith understanding that Commons will look after them, as they work on >>> the >>> > principle that unless something is provably unfree then it is >>> acceptable to >>> > host. >>> > Unfortunately, Commons actually operates on the principle that if >>> there a >>> > possibility that someone somewhere may in future claim that a file is >>> > unfree, with or without proof, and with or without merit to the claim, >>> then >>> > it cannot be held unless we have proof (of a higher standard than >>> required >>> > by professional copyright lawyers) that the file is completely free in >>> the >>> > US and the source country, now and at all conceivable future times, >>> then it >>> > must be deleted. There is also a great reluctance to engage with >>> anyone who >>> > has a lesser understanding of copyright than the self-educated and >>> > self-appointed experts on Commons, and with anyone who has a lesser >>> grasp of >>> > English than they do. There is an equal reluctance to let anyone using >>> the >>> > images know that there are questions about a file. >>> > Until this attitude changes, Commons is not and cannot be a reliable >>> host of >>> > media for other projects, and usage as such must be deprecated and an >>> > alternative, reliable service project initiated. >>> >>> >>> +1. Commons is behaving like damage that needs to be routed around. >>> >>> >>> - d. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Commons-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> GN. >> Vice President Wikimedia Australia >> WMAU: http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/User:Gnangarra >> Photo Gallery: http://gnangarra.redbubble.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l > >
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