On 12/12/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 12/12/06, Steve Block <steve.block(a)myrealbox.com> wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
What if instead of the photos we have there now,
we had a template
{{fair use wanted}}.
Sounds brilliant. Jimmy, any chance you could talk this issue up in any
press you do or the foundation release, or would this draw attention to
our fair use images and lead to possible legal problems?
I didn't comment on it before but I'm pretty sure we've already tried
a replace this fair use image notice.. and I think we found that it
was ineffective while simply removing the images was more effective.
I'm sure someone else can chime in with more data.
As far as PR goes... The fair use issue is mostly "sausage making"
which is intersting to us but not interesting or even confusing to
outsiders. I think it would be better to instead say "We need
photographers and other people with the skills required to make
quality illustrations."
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If I understood Jimmy correctly, this is the kind of template that would in
*after* the fair use image was removed, trying to get a replacement, not a
template that goes under a fair use image saying we need a replacement.
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