Eugene van der Pijll wrote:
David Gerard schreef:
On 02/03/2008, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Claiming fair use on your own work makes no friggin sense (unless you no longer hold the copyright) no matter how you try and dodge around the point thus we are not going to change policy to white list those who try.
Indeed, because an author cannot violate a copyright they own, and cannot sue themselves for the violation.
I don't agree, the fair use claim may be offered to us: "I have a useful picture for article X for wich I hold the copyright; here it is; if you want to use it, you (Wikipedia) may do so as fair use."
I think this would make sense legally (if our fair use claim is valid).
Fair use and permission are mutually exclusive. If a person uses the above phrasing, he is effectively granting a licence. Subsequent usage is derived from the licence which has defined it's own "fair use".In that instance the "fair use" defined in the statute is no longer relevant.
Ec