WJhonson@aol.com schreef:
In a message dated 2/23/2008 4:00:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, eugene@vanderpijll.nl writes:
ITYM All book covers are fair use on an article about the book itself.>>
By the way, "Fair Use" is not defined based on the appropriateness of the image to the article, if you're referring to copyright law.
I'm not a lawyer, so I can't say for sure (are you?) but anyway the rules that wikipedians should follow are the Foundation's board resolution on free content and the what's-it-called... EDP(?) of the English Wikipedia.
Are you familiar with http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy ?
Two excerpts:
"EDPs must be minimal. Their use [...] should be [...] to complement (within narrow limits) articles about copyrighted contemporary works."
"This policy may not be circumvented, eroded, or ignored on local Wikimedia projects."
(Read the whole thing. There's a link to the English EDP on that page.)
We at enwiki cannot change those rules, we have to follow them, and BCB is doing exactly that. You will have to convince the board if you want to change this policy.
Eugene