Steve Bennett wrote:
On 9/11/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
The Germans seem to have solved that question quite well. We took a page out of their book on userboxes, maybe we should take the flipside on nonfree content too. The way you remain free is to steer clear of
Losing CD and book covers is a big price to pay. We could certainly tighten up our fair use rules even more, defining the exact circumstances you can use a nonfree image:
- One CD cover for the article on the CD.
- One book cover for the article on the book.
- One image of a piece of artwork in the article on that artwork,
and/or the creator of it, as long as there is text discussing it. etc.
Steve
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That's about as far from "minimal use" as you get, allowing blanket exceptions based on classes. If we're going to tighten the rules, let's have nonfree images only when significant, sourced commentary exists on the image itself. Remember the old saying you can't judge a book by its cover...