On 2 August 2018 at 02:51, Gregory Varnum <gvar...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> You can check it out for yourself here (you may need to clear your browser's > cache): https://wikimediafoundation.org/ The home page currently says: " Everything on a Wikimedia site is available as Creative Commons material. " That is not true. Material includes: * PD content (copyright expires; US government, etc) * Fair-use copyright material. In the latter case, suggesting otherwise could be harmful to our users. Furthermore, the "Sesame Street" image used on the site's home page and the linked article, is labelled on Commons: "This work might not be available under a free license in the United States because it is based on an artwork or sculpture that may be protected by copyright under U.S. law." -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
