Hi Pierre, Your point is well made.
We often see a misunderstanding of fair use licensing in the media: they frequently don't license at all, and when they do, they often license incorrectly. Using niceties like "Please consider" is not meant to introduce ambiguity about whether licensing is required, but as a gentle reminder to refamiliarize themselves with proper licensing policies. More broadly though, a press release is designed to generate interest and set a positive tone for the way journalists understand an event. Being polite is one way to do that -- and then we can always follow up directly with people who have questions or are found to have made a mistake. Hope that helps explain the choice, Katherine On Jul 2, 2014 3:22 AM, "Pierre-Selim" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Carlos, thanks for the press release. > > I just want to point out that as pictures are all CC-BY-SA it photographer > should be credited in order to respect the licence (or other terms should > be negociated with the copyright holder). It sounds weird to me that in a > press release we open the gate of not respecting the licence as something > possible. Yes I know other terms can be negociated directly with the > authors, however i'd rather we encourage strongly to respect the licence. > > 2014-07-01 18:09 GMT+02:00 Carlos Monterrey <[email protected]>: > > > (This press release is also available online > > here: > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikipedia_Summit_%E2%80%9CWikimania%E2%80%9D_comes_to_London_-_Largest_ever_gathering > > < > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Telenor_Wikipedia_Zero_extension_Myanmar > > >) > > > > Wikipedia Summit “Wikimania” comes to London - Largest ever gathering > > > > - *Featured speakers include Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and new > > Wikimedia Foundation Chief Executive Lila Tretikov; Thousands of > > Wikimedia > > volunteers; Leaders in Technology, Culture and Society. From August > 8th > > to > > 10th at the Barbican Centre; Tickets go on sale today.* > > > > > > - *Wikimania programme to focus on Social Machines, The Future of > > Education, Democratic Media, Open Scholarship & Open Data* > > > > Wikimania’s 2014 team today announce the programme for this year’s > historic > > event. Wikimania 2014 will be held at the Barbican Centre in London from > > 8th to 10th August, with a two day pre-conference held August 6th and > 7th. > > Over 4,000 attendees are expected; more than twice the number at any > > previous Wikimania. > > > > The future of Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia projects, forms the central > > theme. As technological advances promise big changes on the platform, > > Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales will delve into what the future has in > store > > for the world’s fifth most popular website. > > > > “Wikipedia is the largest knowledge base in the world, consulted by over > > half a billion people each month,” says Wales. “However, we’ve only just > > begun to scratch the surface of what can be done with it. Through > > international expansion, a new focus on open data, and a big investment > in > > technology development, our movement is charting exciting new territory.” > > > > Attendees will also welcome Wikimedia’s new executive director, Lila > > Tretikov. Her keynote will focus on the impact of Wikipedia in our > changing > > world and its potential for our future. > > > > Tretikov sees Wikipedia, a top five website, as an opportunity to for > > unlocking and democratizing knowledge globally: “I’d like us to think > > beyond what we know today. Think beyond our accomplishments, towards > > opportunities. Opportunities for all our collective minds to build the > > future of knowledge, collaboration and trust.” Recent developments have > > included plans focused on overhauling Wikipedia’s user experience for > > readers and editors, a programmatic approach to grant-making and > community, > > and establishing a development platform for knowledge building. > > > > Open to the public, Wikimania is a five-day, community-organised event > > focusing on new projects in the world of MediaWiki, transparency, and > open > > knowledge. Themes include collaborative working, natural language > > processing, crowdsourcing, education, journalism, scientific and medical > > research, open data, and multimedia. > > > > --- ends > > Programme Summary > > > > The conference is organised around five questions with massive > implications > > for the future. > > > > - Social Machines: How Can Online Communities Unlock Humanity’s > > Potential? > > > > > > - The Future of Education: Now That Wikipedia Has Done Everyone’s > > Homework, What’s Left to Teach? > > > > > > - Democratic Media: Must All Media Be Commercially Driven? > > > > > > - Open Scholarship: What Happens When The Cutting Edge of Human > > Knowledge is Available To All? > > > > > > - Open Data: What Can We Build When The Sum Of All Human Knowledge is > > Machine Readable? > > > > Lectures from prominent leaders across technology and media will include > > the following. > > > > - Jack Andraka, inventor – At the age of 15 Andraka invented a > possible > > new test for pancreatic cancer by using scientific research available > he > > found on Wikipedia. > > > > > > - Professor Yaneer Bar-Yam, President, New England Complex Systems > > Institute – Bar-Yam will explore how the complex system of Wikipedia > > applies to exposition of scientific enquiry and socio-cultural issues. > > > > > > - Professor Dariusz Jemielniak – Jemielniak will present an academic's > > perspective on Wikipedia's cultural and community structures via > > research > > from his book*Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia*. > > > > > > - Benjamin Mako Hill, researcher – Hill will give an overview of major > > research discoveries about Wikipedia from the past year. > > > > > > - Elizabeth Marincola, CEO, Public Library of Science – Marincola will > > share an update about PLOS ONE, the world’s largest open access > journal. > > > > > > - Carl Miller, Research Director, Centre for Analysis of Social Media, > > Demos – Miller will share findings from Demos’ efforts to engage > > citizens > > and increase voter participation by experimenting with using > > Wikipedia-like > > systems. > > > > > > - Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director, Public Library of Science – > Neylon > > is a longtime advocate for open access and unrestricted online access > to > > peer-reviewed scholarly research. > > > > > > - Lydia Pintscher, Product Manager, Wikidata – Pintscher will present > > Wikidata, the free knowledge base that can be read and edited by > humans > > and > > machines alike. Wikidata centralises access to, and the management of > > structured data. > > > > > > - Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Open Data > Institute > > (ODI); Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Head of the Web and > > Internet Science Group at the University of Southampton; Principal > > Investigator for the Theory And Practice of Social Machines Working > > Group. > > > > > > - David White, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at the University > of > > the Arts, London – Now that Wikipedia’s done everyone’s homework, > what’s > > left to teach? > > > > > > - Lila Tretikov, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation – The impact > > of Wikipedia in our changing world and its potential for our future. > > > > Notes to editors > > > > The conference takes place from 8th to 10th August at The Barbican > Centre, > > London, with a programme of fringe events already underway. Alongside > will > > run a pre-conference on education (6th and 7th August) and a hackathon > (6th > > to 10th August), with the opening ceremony on the evening of the 7th. The > > main conference website is: www.wikimanialondon.org; where tickets are > now > > on sale for £30/45/55 (1 day/3 days/5 days). > > > > There are a number of complimentary tickets available for journalists who > > would like to attend. Please contact [email protected]. > > > > The conference is being supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, Google, > > Ask.com, Mathworks, Tupperware, and Wikimedia UK. > > > > For Wikimedia UK press enquiries please contact Stevie Benton, Head of > > External Relations, on 020 7065 0993 or 07803 505 173 or > > [email protected]. > > > > For Wikimedia Foundation (non UK) press enquiries please contact > Katherine > > Maher, Chief Communications Officer, on [email protected]. > > > > Images: all are CC-by-SA, and fully available for print, broadcast or > > online use. > > > > Jimmy Wales - > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#mediaviewer/File:Jimmy_wants_you.JPG > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#mediaviewer/File:JimmyWalesJI5.jpg > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales#mediaviewer/File:Wikimedia_Conference_2013_-_board_meeting_10.JPG > > > > Lila Tretikov - : > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lila_Tretikov#mediaviewer/File:Lila_Tretikov_April_2014_%285%29.jpg > > > > The Barbican Centre - > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Barbican.jpg > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_barbican_16.JPG > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_Culture_Weekend#mediaviewer/File:Interior_of_the_Barbican_Centre.jpg > > > > Please consider providing a link or caption that recognises they are held > > in wikimedia commons, and acknowledges the photographer where that > > information is available. 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