Commons is a very risk-averse community. They require independent confirmation of open copyright licensing for everything that has previously been published by a reputable content publisher, and generally assumes incompetence and defaults to deletion if their queries go unanswered.
-Deryck On 24 October 2017 at 10:39, Robin Owain <i...@cymruwales.com> wrote: > Thanks Michael! > > You recommend OTRS rather than change at You Tube? OK, I'll take your lead > on this and email you asap. > > Many thanks > > Robin > > > On 24 October 2017 at 10:29 Michael Maggs <mich...@maggs.name> wrote: > > Yes I can help. > > To ensure the videos aren't challenged on Commons we'll need formal > confirmation from an authorised person at S4C to be sent to OTRS. If you > could privately let me know details of the person who could provide the > necessary confirmation I can draft a suitable email for them to send to > OTRS. The uploaded files can then be tagged appropriately so that users > don't start deleting them based on what they can see on YouTube. > > Michael > > On 24 Oct 2017, at 10:10, Robin Owain <i...@cymruwales.com> wrote: > > S4C have agreed to change their 'Usual You Tube licence' of videos on > their 2017 Royal Welsh Show account (and previous years) to CCBYSA. This > means we can upload around 2,000 videos to Commons. It also means that S4C, > for the first time, have discussed and understood legality and benefits of > open licencing, and could produce footage of other subjects. > > Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrGrdJcnGuiCXMc3tCUvnA/videos > > I gave them two options: > > 1. RTS (the simple option) > > 2. Change licence on You Tube to CC (recommended as it's visible on You > Tube). > > They say that they have changed the licence (using batch - manual > historical), but that it's not visible on any of the videos on You Tube, > and the videos don't appear in a Google CC search. > > Any help please? > > PS In due course we will need to transfer them over to Commons with a > pilot patch of 10. Each video will need a 5 second subtitle saying "S4C - > Sianel Pedwar Cymru". A project will then take place in order to subtitle > the main points in English eg names of species, breeds, farm location. > Clips from each video could also be taken, and placed in that breed's > Category on Commons, Wikidata etc. > > But first - the licence! > > > Robin Owain > > Wikimedia UK > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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