Slides CapTechTalks Webinar March 2024 Joshua Sinai.pptx
EURODIG: Wikipedia, free content
1. New media / Wikipedia / Free ulture
The Wikipedian perspective!
Vassia ‘Spiritia’ Atanassova
Wikimedians of Bulgaria User Group
1 June 2015
2. Don’t believe
everything you
read on the
Internet just
because there’s
a picture with a
quote next to it.
– Abraham LincolnSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Abraham_Lincoln_November_1863.jpg
3. 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?
5. (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 publications
which are used as sources
of information.
Wikipedia/Media interaction
8. 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 it
2. The freedom to make and redistribute copies, in
whole or in part, of the information or expression
3. The freedom to make changes and
improvements, and to distribute derivative works
• http://freedomdefined.org/Definition
11. Source: NASA, Aug 2014
http://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_Gath
er_in_%27Downtown%27_Milky_Way.jpg
Public Domain by state officers
13. Reproductions of Public Domain art
2D vs. 3D
Source 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
14. Freedom of Panorama
Read more: http://euobserver.com/justice/126375
Source: Wikimedia UK's annual review for 2013–2014
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_AR_2014_download.pdf