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German Gov't Donates 100,000 Images To Wikipedia

Posted by Soulskill on from the only-80000-are-of-beer-and-sausages dept.

Raul654 writes "The German Federal Archive has agreed to donate 100,000 images to Wikipedia under the German version of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License. These pictures cover a period from 1860 to present. This is the largest picture donation ever to Wikipedia, and possibly the largest in the history of the free culture movement." Apparently, this is part of a project which will eventually make 11 million photos available for public use.

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  1. Re:I'm Confused Why We Don't See This En Masse by Spartz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, maybe it needs to be reduced in some parts, since Obama cannot send emails because of it. Or is that another law/act? Though it definitely needs to be increased in other parts.

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  2. Re:Fortunately or unfortunately by fugue · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    For example, it is a travisty that the 'Happy Birthday' song is still under copyright.

    I think you mean "it is a travesty that copyright law is not strong enough to allow the 'Happy Birthday' copyright holders to sue everyone who sings that insufferable piece of dreck into the poorhouse."

    Other than that, good points!

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