Thanks Sylvain and Adrienne for the explanations :) _____ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal <http://wikimedia.pt> (351) 963 953 042
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer.* On 28 October 2011 15:45, Adrienne Alix <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > few precision about UPP : > > they first published the letter on their website and sent us the letter > (paper) after. > > We want to answer that: > - Re-explain what is the WLM contest > - We will not change the conditions of Commons, the license of WLM is no > exception > - Re-explain what is the CC-BY-SA > - remember that we are very committed to respect the authors photos > - Propose to discuss it with them. > > But we do not have many illusions about their speech, they obviously do > not want to make the effort to accept the way we do. > > Adrienne > > Le 28 octobre 2011 16:25, Sylvain Boissel <[email protected]>a > écrit : > > Hello, >> >> Photographers (at last in France, I don't know if it is the same in other >> countries) are facing a serious profesionnal crisis due to several factors, >> one of them being the massive usage by the media of "Royalty Free" >> photographs. As several companies built their royalty free photographs >> databases through photo contests, the "Union des Photographes >> Professionnels" (an association of pro photographers) has established a >> blacklist of photo contests where participants abandon their copyright & >> royalties to the organizers of the contest. >> >> So, as the CC-By-SA used on Commons allows commercial usage, they >> referenced WLM in this blacklist. >> >> However, this had very little impact : no mentions in the press, very few >> on Twitter or other social networks. We prepared an answer for them but it >> is currently awaiting final rereading before sending. >> >> Sylvain. >> >> 2011/10/28 Béria Lima <[email protected]> >> >>> Someone from French WLM can explain what is going on here: >>> >>> http://www.upp-auteurs.fr/actualites.php?categorie=3&actualite=589 >>> >>> (I saw that in WMAR mailing list) >>> _____ >>> *Béria Lima* >>> <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 >>> >>> *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter >>> livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que >>> estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.* >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sylvain Boissel >> Chargé de mission communauté et technologie de Wikimédia France >> tél 06.18.90.71.04 - mail [email protected] - twitter >> @sboissel <https://twitter.com/#%21/sboissel> >> >> *Imaginez un monde où chaque personne sur la planète aurait librement >> accès à la totalité du savoir humain. C'est notre engagement. Aidez >> Wikimedia France à en faire une réalité <https://dons.wikimedia.fr>.* >> www.wikimedia.fr >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >> > > > > -- > Adrienne Alix > Wikimedia France > Twitter : @AdrienneAlix > [email protected] | 06.33.40.70.80 > http://www.wikimedia.fr > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >
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