Anthony DiPierro wrote:
Fair use for your personal Halloween costume or your personal photo album is not the same as fair use for publishing a photograph to the entire world over the internet.
No, it isn't. Of course fair use for commercial merchandise isn't the same as fair use for an encyclopedia (even a commercial one).
Fair use is fair use. However this distinction comes under the purpose and character of the usage for determining whether there is fair use.
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