On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Andrew Turvey <andrewrtur...@googlemail.com > wrote:
> I had an interesting conversation with a senior BBC exec on this the other > day. Apparently, their lawyers aren't sufficiently comfortable with the > copyright violation checking on Wikimedia Commons to be able to rely on free > photographs, so they don't use them. Bizarrely they'd rather pay someone for > an image, and hence be able to sue them if they had copyright problems, than > get it for free. Same reason I'd rather pay a store for my furniture than get a "great deal" from the back of someone's truck, basically. > Which brings to mind an interesting business proposition..... > > :) Seriously...that'd probably work... Get independent confirmation of copyright status from the individual image contributors, buy a decent liability policy, and guarantee the copyright status of the images in exchange for a fee. Might make certain community members hate you though, a la Mr. MyWikiBiz. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l