On 05/03/2008, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/03/2008, James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/03/2008, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
I realize that most of these images are not replaceable by free images, but irreplaceable is just one of many requirements for when a nonfree image may be used. In many of these cases, the image could be taken out and not replaced, and since it is not discussed in the article, the article would not suffer for its removal.
False. We've seen studies cited here that show that the presence of images help the educational process.
And that record and book covers are a significant part of almost any record or book release, because people do in fact judge records and books by their covers. Todd is phrasing a personal editorial viewpoint as if it follows naturally from WP:NONFREE, and it doesn't.
- d.
The problem is that for the most part we rely on the criticism and comment justifications for fair use in our rationals (news reporting doesn't work to well, teaching generally assumes classroom use and scholarship, and research don't quite fit what we are doing). However articles such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Distance_%28album%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath_of_Life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_the_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronet_Til_Konge
And most of the rest of our album and single articles don't mention the cover at all so criticism and content is kinda tricky. I would tend to argue that even fairly minimalistic stuff such as:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_%28album%29#The_cover
Has the potential to make the fair use case a lot stronger.