I see, thank you for your explanation, coming from a civil law system it sounds pretty weird. Anyway I concur, it's pure madness and some action must be taken.
Vito 2016-12-19 19:46 GMT+01:00 geni <[email protected]>: > On 19 December 2016 at 18:38, Vi to <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wouldn't call DMCA safe harbor(s) "how Wikipedia is allowed to exist". > At > > a glance I'd say it would (at worst) impact on some (most) wikis way to > > handle copyvios/the thin red line around fair-use, but most of our > > ecosystem shouldn't be affected. So, what am I missing? > > > > Without some form of safe harbor the likes of AP and getty would have > a fairly solid case for statutory damages for every single one of > their images uploaded even if we deleted them fairly quickly. We could > probably argue it down to $200 per image but it would still add up. > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
