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2024-01-01 02:31 UTC

@wikipedia@wikis.world Isn’t this kind of a misrepresentation of the situation? Copyrighted material appearing on Wikipedia is fair use, and a poster for Steamboat Willie has been on Wikipedia for what looks like more than ten years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steamboat_Willie.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

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  • @Rob_T_Firefly@hackers.town 2024-01-01 07:23

    @jsit@social.coop @wikipedia@wikis.world Copyrighted material can be added under fair use, but then only limited low-res images could be kept on Wikipedia / Wikimedia's servers strictly for the purpose of illustrating the article. Once it's public domain all restrictions are lifted, which means we can add big high-res pictures, clips, and even the full video of the now-free cartoons not only to the relevant Wikipedia articles, but to the public Commons for everyone to play with completely untethered by any of the limitations of fair-use material. Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Willie#Plot where you can now watch the entire cartoon in high quality!

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  • @alfora@wien.rocks 2024-01-01 07:51

    @jsit@social.coop @wikipedia@wikis.world Putting up the complete film on Wikipedia would not have been “Fair Use” until now.

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  • @gigantos@social.linux.pizza 2024-01-01 09:59

    @jsit@social.coop @wikipedia@wikis.world what is new is that the full un-edited video can be put up, not just a picture.

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