Huckleberry Pie Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 (edited) Is it me, or are some of the networks in the Philippines (ABS-CBN, NBN4, NET25 to name a few) just steal the maps and some other images off Wikipedia without credit? Like for example an airplane crash somewhere in Luzon. The breaking news will then show up during the commercial break, talking about the latter incident, and a map will appear. Turns out that the map was taken from WP without a "courtesy of Wikipedia" disclaimer or two. Sure, WP is an open community, meaning you're free to edit stuff, and that the map images are under a free license, but that doesn't mean that it's OK to just use it without proper credit. They do enforce their copyright policy on noobs who upload straight rips of popular ABS-CBN shows on Youtube, filing a DMCA and having them taken down, but it turns out that the same folks who enforce copyright over their own programmes are also the ones violating it. Click here to view the talk page concerning this issue... Edited November 15, 2008 by Huckleberry Pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAB HacksouL Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Is it me, or are some of the networks in the Philippines (ABS-CBN, NBN4, NET25 to name a few) just steal the maps and some other images off Wikipedia without credit? Like for example an airplane crash somewhere in Luzon. The breaking news will then show up during the commercial break, talking about the latter incident, and a map will appear. Turns out that the map was taken from WP without a "courtesy of Wikipedia" disclaimer or two. Sure, WP is an open community, meaning you're free to edit stuff, and that the map images are under a free license, but that doesn't mean that it's OK to just use it without proper credit.They do enforce their copyright policy on noobs who upload straight rips of popular ABS-CBN shows on Youtube, filing a DMCA and having them taken down, but it turns out that the same folks who enforce copyright over their own programmes are also the ones violating it. Click here to view the talk page concerning this issue... Actually this is covered in the US copyright law under the "fair use" act. Any news, critical reviews, etc.. have the right to use copyrighted material. You can read about the "fair use act" on Wikipedia!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansui Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 its ok Huck, no problem for me i always see the maps from wikipedia being shown on news, but i don't care much because its quite useful and i think lots of people know it came from Wikipedia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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