Because a fair use image is fair use whether theres a rationale listed or
not. That's demonstrated by the commentary in the article it's in. We
require fair use rationales because we are more restrictive on their use
then the law (and rightly so). Un-rationaled fair use images are against our
policies, copyright violations are against the law, period. Hence the
difference in actions.
On 6/2/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen(a)shaw.ca> wrote:
Gracenotes wrote:
The way admins like to deal with copyright issues
is delete, not
fix. This preferred solution means that free content wins the
bloody battle in The End. The only thing is, The End doesn't have
half a chance of coming soon.
Write out a fair use rationale for a well-known album by a famous
band, or tag it with {{subst:dfu}} and thumb-twiddle for a week? I
dunno, which one can be done by a bot?
So why not tag BJAODN and give it that week for editors to work on
making it compliant? Since simply attributing the material would satisfy
everyone, this can be done. The result would be to produce more free
content, which is more of a "win" than a deleted wasteland, wouldn't you
agree?
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