On 1/28/07, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
There are many free quotations.
You seriously think this way? We should remove all quotations from Wikipedia unless they have been released under free licenses? Seriously?
This movement to destroy all fair use content is incredibly misguided.
And doesn't exist outside your head.
It most certainly does. You aren't part of it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Walter#Say_no_to_fair_use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Say_NO_to_Fair_Use.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_no_fair_use < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2007_Janua...
The fair use claim for rather a lot of those images is highly questionable
You seriously think this way?
The whole concept behind fair use is the protection of free speech in the
face of information-imprisoning copyright laws.
Not exactly and in any case there are other ways of doing it.
Such as?
Look at your examples. Half have "fair use" cases so weak it's
embarrassing. I'm yet to see any case law for emotional impact being a valid argument supporting fair use
You seriously think these images have no value in an encyclopedia? Seriously?
You do realize that this is an encyclopedia, right? Are you actually interested in contributing to an encylopedia or are you just here to delete images?