[WikiEN-l] Getting rid of bad fair use
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Sat May 20 08:43:24 UTC 2006
Steve Bennett wrote:
>I think what is meant is that the O RLY owl (O RLY stamped over a picture of
>an owl taken by someone else) infringed on the copyright of the original owl
>photographer. And since we weren't doing anything fair-use-wise with respect
>to that original photo, we were infringing on their copyright as well.
>
>Which seems logical - otherwise there would be a massive loophole. We could
>write O RLY on a non-free map of France, and use it in the France article to
>discuss O RLY or whatever...
>
Better still in an article on Orly Airport. :-)
Ec
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