Interesting. I think this must have something to do with the medium: of both art and of the fanlore wiki as opposed to An Archive Of Our Own.
As far as I'm aware (and I'm not an expert because I've always been a little bit dubious about OTW and held back from it) the OTW policy of fic archiving was that you could opt out. Is that still correct?
But that was from the POV of the archive, not the wiki. I suspect that because it's possible to use art illustratively in a way that fiction can't be, that the policy about permissions doesn't protect artists from what amounts to archiving without permission.
I think what I find depressing about OTW (and this is why I've held back from it) is that it can come across as hostile to critique. There seems to be an undercurrent of opinion that fandom should be grateful for all that's being done on the project and that anyone raising concerns is bashing OTW. I really really don't want to bash OTW - I have lots of friends who are involved in the project - but this attitude makes it difficult to get concrit addressed.
On a more practical note, fanlore ought to have permission or a creative commons license for all images used illustratively. Perhaps that's the line to take with them?
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As far as I'm aware (and I'm not an expert because I've always been a little bit dubious about OTW and held back from it) the OTW policy of fic archiving was that you could opt out. Is that still correct?
But that was from the POV of the archive, not the wiki. I suspect that because it's possible to use art illustratively in a way that fiction can't be, that the policy about permissions doesn't protect artists from what amounts to archiving without permission.
I think what I find depressing about OTW (and this is why I've held back from it) is that it can come across as hostile to critique. There seems to be an undercurrent of opinion that fandom should be grateful for all that's being done on the project and that anyone raising concerns is bashing OTW. I really really don't want to bash OTW - I have lots of friends who are involved in the project - but this attitude makes it difficult to get concrit addressed.
On a more practical note, fanlore ought to have permission or a creative commons license for all images used illustratively. Perhaps that's the line to take with them?