eurodig: wikipedia, free content
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New media / Wikipedia / Free ulture
The Wikipedian perspective!
Vassia ‘Spiritia’ AtanassovaWikimedians of Bulgaria User Group
1 June 2015
Don’t believeeverything youread on theInternet justbecause there’sa picture with aquote next to it.
– Abraham LincolnSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg
Wikipedia and New Media
• How comes it’s so, SO, SOOO popular?
• If it’s so popular, is it that reliable?– The evergreen question
• How do media and Wikipedia interact?– Why is attribution is important for Wikipedia when
media reuse content?– Why is it important for the media themselves?
(Some of) The problems in this
vicious circle
• disrespect of copyrights
• journalistic unprofessionalism
• lack of critical attitude
• multiplication and promotion
of mistakes, libels, …
• non-constructive criticism
towards Wikipedia and
volunteerism in general
Media usually copy-paste content from Wikipedia
(without verifying against other sources)
Wikipedia (usually correctly) cites the media publicationswhich are used as sourcesof information.
Wikipedia/Media interaction
The, hmm, FREE encyclopedia?Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Free_Beer.jpg | http://richardtullochwriter.com/2012/11/05/street-art-newtown-sydney/
Free software, free content
0. The freedom to use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it 1. The freedom to study the work and to apply knowledge acquired from it2. The freedom to make and redistribute copies, in whole or in part, of the information or expression3. The freedom to make changes and improvements, and to distribute derivative works
• http://freedomdefined.org/Definition
Source: (C) http://tumblr.mylesbraithwaite.com/post/36087454035/if-you-have-an-apple-and-i-
have-an-apple-and-we
Source: NASA, Aug 2014http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lowell_Aug_20_2014_2121Z.jpg
Source: NASA, May 1969 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_10_earthrise.jpg
Source: NASA, 2011 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stars_Gather_in_%27Downtown%27_Milky_Way.jpg
Public Domain by state officers
Източник: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait.jpg
Източник: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barium_swallow_of_malignancy_oesophagus_01.jpg
Human vs. Non-human created content
Reproductions of Public Domain art
2D vs. 3DSource https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Florence_-_Michelangelos_%22David%22_%282929585347%29.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mona_Lisa,_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci,_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Davide_di_Michelangelo2.jpg
Freedom of Panorama
Read more: http://euobserver.com/justice/126375Source: Wikimedia UK's annual review for 2013–2014http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_AR_2014_download.pdf
Question• Free licensing is a mechanism for...?
Keeping copyrights
Violating copyrights
Inheriting copyrights
Renouncing copyrights
Acquiring copyrights
Tracking the use of copyrighted content
Respect your parents!They graduated without Google or Wikipedia
Source: (C) http://hitwallpaper.com/2013/07/heavy-metal-grandma-hd-wallpaper/