Thread:Merrystar/@comment-3385019-20121017160948/@comment-3385019-20121020061007

I will stop marking spam and stub pages for deletion and cease assisting image owners.

Regarding the images, if I were removing images that were on the current site, that would be all the flickr-hosted images. I'm only removing images for which owners have withdrawn permission for Wikia to use their images. I thought it would be helpful to note in the edit comment that the image had moved to the current site in case anyone found it through a search and wanted to see it.

Permission for Wikia to use the flickr-based images is granted by their owners through inclusion in the camerapedia flickr group. The method previously established for the image owners to pull their images was to remove them from that flickr group.

In prior discussions, Wikia staff refused to remove images for which permission had been revoked but when image owners threatened legal action, your staff said it was our responsiblity to remove the images oursevles. As one of the admins, I've been helping them handle that (many of the image donors are not themselves editors). Most images owners made their choice back when the fork happened and their photos have already been removed. But occasionally we still get notified that someone wants their images removed. I'll communicate to the community that Wikia's new position is that image owners must initiate DMCA requests or other legal action against Wikia if they want their images removed rather than removing the images themselves or asking one of the editors to do it. The contact page you linked above doesn't not specifically mention where DMCA notices should be sent, can you provide an email address?

I'm sorry we couldn't find a better comprromise. :(