[Wikimediaau-l] free knowledge takes a step backwards in Ireland

2013-01-31 Thread Kerry Raymond
An Irish Newspaper collective is trying to impose a fee on websites that link to them. Yep, a fee of 100 Euros to include one of their URLs in your website, tweets etc. http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/01/02/irish-newspaper-collective-want s-to-charge-license-fees-for-links No, it's

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] large collection of historic Australian photos found by UK archives

2013-01-31 Thread Leigh Blackall
Is great to see another load of historical images potentially on their way to Commons, but in the case of Indigenous Australians, they risk not only offending custom but reinforcing stereotypes - because imagery on Commons relating to Indigenous Australians is almost unanimously historical, with al

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] large collection of historic Australian photos found by UK archives

2013-01-31 Thread David Gerard
On 31 January 2013 04:39, Kerry Raymond wrote: > I notice that all the ones I have looked at are labelled “no known copyright > restrictions”. Would that translate to {{PD-Australia}} for uploading to > Commons? That's not a guarantee. You'd need to consider each one. - d. __

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] [wmau:members] large collection of historic Australian photos found by UK archives

2013-01-31 Thread Gnangarra
"Unknown copyright restrictions" would not necessarily translate as PD-Australia, you'd have assess each image and see whether its meets the conditions on that template. *A* Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to