[Foundation-l] Fair use being badly abused on en.wikipedia

[Nikola Smolenski]

On Saturday 12 January 2008 09:03, Pedro Sanchez wrote:
> On Jan 12, 2008 1:41 AM, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk at eunet.yu> wrote:
> > On Friday 11 January 2008 04:35, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> > > I agree with this sentiment entirely. Just because an image is
> > > irreplacable does not mean it has intrinsic value. For instance, the
> > > cover image of a book or CD or DVD is hardly "important". That is,
> > > unless there is something special and unique about that particular
> > > cover that makes it worthy of pointing out especially.
> >
> > I find cover image of a book a part of essential information about this
> > book
> > that I want to see if I want to know about the book. At least for me, as
> > a reader, it is important. The same for CD/DVD covers, movie posters and
> > whatnot.
>
> "I find it useful " is not likely to fly in a court

So what?