Talk:Michael Atkinson (politician)/Archive 1

Copyright Gaming Piracy
I've removed the phrase "copyright gaming piracy" because it seems to be nonsensical. It probably deserves to be put back, but I can't find any reference to Mr. Atkinson's views on either copyright reform or piracy in the cited reference. HarrisX (talk) 11:37, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

how?
How is it, exactly, that a STATE att-gen is responsible for preventing the OFLC (a FEDERAL body) from introducing an Adults Only rating?
 * reverting the deletion of this question. It's not a debate - I am legitimately confused as to how a state att-gen is "solely responsible" for preventing an adults-only rating on a federal level, and the article fails to explain it to me. 58.161.194.134 (talk) 11:51, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure how it could be worked into this article without expanding the censorship debate and adding information regarding the roles of the Attorneys General in Australia. The short version is that it must be a unanimous decision by all the Attorneys General for specific policies to change. This is one of those policies that needs all the Attorneys General and Atkinson is the only one who won't budge on this issue. 203.217.33.16 (talk) 10:06, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The citations given for these statements should explain how Mr Atkinson is seen as being responsible for the issue. PhilMorton (talk) 02:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Public domain image
I tried to add an image of Mr Atkinson, but Timeshift deleted it and accused me of "Blatant copyright infringement". I thought government-provided photographs were "public domain"?

I took the image from the following public sources: http://www.agd.sa.gov.au/images/photo_minister_atkinson.jpg http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/michaelatkinson.jpg http://www.marlor.dreamhosters.com/misc/michaelatkinson.jpg

There is also another official government photograph that we could use, at: http://www2.parliament.sa.gov.au/members/images/Atkinmi.jpg

And one from ABC news at: http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200707/r162204_596183.jpg

PhilMorton (talk) 02:26, 3 November 2008 (UTC)


 * No Australian government or major party has made images of their MPs public domain. What would give you the impression that they did? You won't find one on any other Australian MP's page. If you care to read near the top of this, you'll see that 'blatant copyright infringement' are the precise words used by the admin who speedy deleted the image, because that is what it is. Timeshift (talk) 05:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I made an honest mistake and I appologise, no need to be a jerk about it... "What would give you the impression that they did?" - Government created works do have different copyright laws, plus Fairfax media had already committed this "blatant infringement". —Preceding unsigned comment added by PhilMorton (talk • contribs) 00:09, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * They would be using it under fair use laws, or have permission to use it. That doesn't make the image public domain. Timeshift (talk) 00:30, 4 November 2008 (UTC)