[Wikipedia-l] Copyright violations

[Jimmy Wales]

lcrocker at nupedia.com wrote:
> > Tokerboy has uploaded a bunch of record album covers,
> > without permission of the various copyright holders.
> > I don't have the time or the sysop privileges
> > to delete them, so can someone else.  Cheers
> 
> They should have the same "fair use" status as Isis's
> videotape box covers: as long as they're just being used
> to illustrate articles about the albums, they're fine.

I agree with this, particularly if they are of a size suitable for
illustration, and not suitable for full-scale "pirated" reproduction.

Fair use can be tricky in some cases, but this one seems pretty
straightforward to me.

--Jimbo