[Clipart] Nazi flag

[Kevin Wixson]

I think OCAL policy should be guided by law. If any drawing would be 
prohibited by law, then it should not be permitted. In a generalized 
distribution, the law of all countries to which the clipart is to be 
targeted for distribution should be considered. If localized versions of 
the clipart library are possible, or could be made from an all-inclusive 
source which is then limited for a locale by filter, then just the laws 
of the target country should be considered.

Thus, the Nazi flag would be banned, unless a localized version for 
France could be made, where distribution of any Nazi themed goods are 
prohibited. Child pornography is more tricky in that it is a 
discretionary decision about the "age" of drawn figures, but at least it 
would be safe to disallow any obvious child pornography since it is more 
or less universally prohibited.

Moreover, the librarians could work on a system ( which I do believe is 
being considered if not already in development) where users could "vote" 
on art as offensive, recorded in the art's meta-data, and users could 
set their access to the library to a personal purity threshold to filter 
out offensive content.

Regards,
-Kevin

Christopher Ellison wrote:

>
> This raise an interesting issue, and I am wondering what actions 
> openclipart would take.
>
> The policy is here:
> http://openclipart.org/guidelines.php?PHPSESSID=e61ac630cb2176df759972d1c2855c26 
>
>
> Suppose someone wanted to submit pornographic anime clipart.
>
> Is it censored?
>
> What about svg child pornography...perhaps drawings that were traced 
> from a real photograph using Inkscape's "Trace Bitmap" tool.  What 
> about slanderous material? Is there a limit to how violent the clipart 
> can become?  I won't even pretend to know the answers to these 
> questions.  Defining a line is near impossible....there are shades of 
> gray....but certainly, one can distinguish between opposite sides of 
> the spectrum as well.
>
> It seems like there are some issues here that should be adressed...has 
> a lawyer been consulted (or does anyone know a lawyer who could give 
> advice and consent).
>
> "Open Clip Art Library accepts all submissions. We do not censor the 
> content of the submissions, but rather allow for keywords to be 
> embedded inside the images so that others might filter based on their 
> situation. As a corollary, the Library will not reject images that are 
> legal in most countries just because they are illegal in a minority of 
> countries."
>
> Is this statement consistent with how would openclipart would actually 
> act?  I would hope that child pornography, for example, would NOT be 
> an acceptable submission.  As from moral issues, I think openclipart 
> could be in some steam with the law as well.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Open Clip Art Library Feedback Form <noreply at openclipart.org>
> Reply-To: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> To: clipart at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: [Clipart] Nazi flag
> Date: Wed,  3 Aug 2005 19:33:24 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Name: wos
> E-mail: scheuing at realss.com
>
>
> With search keyword "Germany" appears a nazi flag. Please remove this
> flag.
>
> Nobody needs such a flag. It is a sign for a cruel regime. Why do you
> offer this flag???
>
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