Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Copyright permissions

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was not created

Description

As we know, Wikimedia Commons only allows free images. The English Wikipedia allows some copyrighted images, but there are many restrictions on them. Although there is a process for requesting content owners to release their work under a free license, it seems, at least to me, that very few editors use this process. I think this is because either 1) some editors don't bother requesting permission because the process of e-mailing the copyright holder, waiting for the reply and forwarding the response to the OTRS team is too time-consuming, or 2) that this has a low success rate. (True, it is unlikely that Apple will release its logo under a free license, but that doesn't mean it's not worth a try.) Therefore, the purpose of this WikiProject is to allow users to request copyright permission in a more organized and efficient manner. Users would then go through the non-free media on Wikipedia and contact the copyright holders to request permission. If permission is granted, the media would be uploaded to Commons. Will this be a good WikiProject, or would it be better as an extension of WikiProject Copyright Cleanup? Ixfd64 (talk) 01:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

Ixfd64 (talk) 01:47, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.