On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 2:36 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mike Dupont wrote (among other things): > > well they are pretty good and if someones photos gets selected they can > upload > > a higher res. > > flickr is also available in highres. > > > > What do you think about the pull idea, to be able to pull images from > another > > webpage? > > So the idea here is that either Wikimedia (or a domain owned by a > third-party that isn't Wikimedia Deutschland) would have a tool that allows > people to pull images from other websites that can then be reviewed and > possibly uploaded to Wikimedia Commons? Is that about right? > yes > > I see a few different issues here. One is that people already try to take > random images from the Web and upload them to Commons or a specific wiki > project without understanding that copyright doesn't work that way. The > system you seem to be proposing would encourage this. > we will review them and have a review team to look at them, wikipedia smart editors to review and approve them. > The second issue that I see is that someone has to take the liability of > housing thousands of copyrighted images, even if they are only available on > a temporary basis. Not many people (including hosting companies) are going > to want this liability. You can mitigate the risks by making the site > non-indexed, require a login, etc. It's still not a small hurdle, I don't > think. And it would obviously involve a lot of bureaucracy if an already > established organization was involved, like Wikimedia. > that would be facebook or flicker. > > The third issue is that, as far as I'm aware, once a user uploads an image > to Facebook, Facebook now owns at least some of the rights to that image. > That isn't to say that the images can't be released in different contexts, > but I think it's sure to add complication to the idea. > That is not an issue, the images are still owned by the author. > > I think the overall idea (getting people on social networks more involved > with Wikimedia) is a great one. I'm just not sure you've considered all of > the obstacles that lie in the way. > I am working on this now, just launched a simple test, a contest, will see what happens. http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=105265946209616&index=1 thanks Mike > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > Posting guidelines for this list: > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova and Albania flossk.org flossal.org
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