Well, there is some degree to which we don't need any non-free images, or indeed, any images at all. Articles still get written, even though there is no way to illustrate the matter in question without resorting to a non-free image.
So if we are talking about exceptions, the issue seems to be that those exceptions invariably generalize into situations; and that therefore exceptions are really policies of permission. If a corporate logo is acceptable in a context in which it is not discussed itself, then ALL corporate logos are granted exceptions. Same thing with album covers. Here comes my hypothetical infobox 'bot again, except this time, instead of applying the fair use rationales mechanically, it deletes the images or strips away the fair use rationale mechanically, because the situation is held to be too general to justify fair-use.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Tony Sidaway tonysidaway@gmail.com wrote:
We could quibble forever, but the policy is no non-free images. We're making exceptions where those images are really necessary and those exceptions do need to be argued.