2009/1/19 Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009, The Cunctator wrote:
I think James's point is that wikilawyers have lost all perspective.
In this case, the image actually may be unusable even under fair use. It's the *real* law which has lost all perspective. We have no choice but to follow it.
Oh, we always have a choice. In this case, one available choice is "do nothing and see if they send us a C&D". Another would be to contact them and ask "is it OK for us to do this?".
But, no. Instead we choose to make Wikipedia a marginally worse place to be involved.
I spend a fun couple of hours reading [[WP:LAME]] (having been sent there by a post on this list) - I'd advise everyone else to visit it while it's still there.