[WikiEN-l] Getting rid of bad fair use

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 5/20/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/20/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
> > Geni, I have to ask you to please stop opining on matters outside your
> > professional expertise.
>
> Claiming fair use on a non copyright image strikes me as a tricky
> concept and one that is rather pointless in any case. Fair use images
> are copyvios. At best they are just copyvios that are allowed within
> the US. They are still however copyvios. If they were not you would
> not bother trying to claim fair use.
>
I think what Jimbo was referring to is the fact that fair use, under
US law, is *not* a violation of copyright.

Of course, speaking of talking out of your ass, according to Jimbo
"simply having an image on the website, not used in an article, does
not in any way justify fair use claims."

Anthony