David Gerard schreef:
On 02/03/2008, geni <geniice(a)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