Re: [WikiEN-l] Images that are PD in their country of origin

2010-02-08 Thread Ray Saintonge
SlimVirgin wrote: As you say, it's up to Wikipedia to formulate its own policy, so I'm wondering if that's being done anywhere, if there's an effort somewhere to clarify this. The fact is that copyright issues have been a perpetual topic of debate throughout my eight years of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Images that are PD in their country of origin

2010-02-08 Thread Ray Saintonge
Durova wrote: In summary, it's up to Wikipedia to adopt its own policies. Personally, I would avoid too doctrinaire an approach; I would more tend to assume that if one takes a fair-minded approach to including material with uncertain copyright status the worst that can happen

Re: [WikiEN-l] Images that are PD in their country of origin

2010-02-08 Thread Ray Saintonge
David Gerard wrote: On 8 February 2010 00:16, Ian Woollard wrote: My understanding is that the Wikipedia doesn't really have any risk under the law. Provided the strictures of the DMCA are followed, any uploaded copyrighted material simply has to be removed promptly if they receive a

[WikiEN-l] Fw: Subscription Payment Failed

2010-02-08 Thread elipongo
Hey! What? You guys don't want my money? ~ Eli Friedman --Original Message-- From: serv...@paypal.com To: Gmail Subject: Subscription Payment Failed Sent: Feb 8, 2010 10:12 Hello Eli Friedman, Your subscription payment to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. for Monthly donation failed on Feb

[WikiEN-l] Strategic Planning Office hours

2010-02-08 Thread Philippe Beaudette
Hi everyone, The next strategic planning office hours are: Tuesday from 20:00-21:00 UTC, which is: Tuesday, 12-1pm PST Tuesday, 3pm-4pm EST We're now beginning the process of synthesizing the work that's been done so far. Office hours will be a great opportunity to discuss the work that's

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fw: Subscription Payment Failed

2010-02-08 Thread Casey Brown
Hey Eli, On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:23 PM, elipo...@gmail.com wrote: Hey! What? You guys don't want my money? As this has to do with private information about you, I suggest you e-mail donate [at] wikimedia.org about this, instead of the public mailing lists. -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023

Re: [WikiEN-l] Images that are PD in their country of origin

2010-02-08 Thread Michael Peel
On 8 Feb 2010, at 23:05, Ken Arromdee wrote: This is also a particular problem with pictures of living people, since we've been told that since it's *possible* to take another picture of a living person, all non-free images of living people are prohibited. The official way of

Re: [WikiEN-l] Images that are PD in their country of origin

2010-02-08 Thread SlimVirgin
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 17:22, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: However, that is somewhat separate from the question of images that are in the public domain _somewhere_. It is somewhat crazy that US laws dictate what public domain materials you can upload to Wikipedia etc - irrespective

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fw: Subscription Payment Failed

2010-02-08 Thread Elias Friedman
Thanks for the advice, but I made sure that there wasn't any confidential information in the message before I forwarded it. -- Elias Friedman A.S., EMT-P ⚕ אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי elipo...@gmail.com http://elipongo.blogspot.com/ On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Casey Brown li...@caseybrown.org

Re: [WikiEN-l] Fw: Subscription Payment Failed

2010-02-08 Thread Casey Brown
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Elias Friedman elipo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the advice, but I made sure that there wasn't any confidential information in the message before I forwarded it. Well, either way, donate [at] wikimedia.org are the people who can help you. :-) -- Casey Brown