On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:39 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Relevant to Egypt and WMF, it is important that Al-Jazeera has > released a pile of photos and video as CC by-nd and CC-by-nc-nd: > > > http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/al_jazeera_releases_egypt_coverage_under_creative.php > > Now, those aren't free content licenses. But for a news organisation > to release stuff under even such restrictive licenses as those is > *radical*. > > Is there anyone who could ask someone at Al Jazeera about releasing > selected photos or clips as CC by-sa? Possible pitch: "Your images of > the event on Wikipedia! Representing it to the world!" > Already have contacted them and they are willing to give us permission. Right now, there are just some photos on Flickr ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/) from earlier this week. They will be posting more on http://cc.aljazeera.net and we just need to select a few. They will check that they were indeed taken by Al-Jazeera and not a third-party. Please come to the article talk page to make suggestions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:2011_Egyptian_protests#Al_Jazeera_photos Cheers, Katie (@aude) > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
