On 10/09/2007, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
So what's Wikipedia and Wikimedia's duty to exercise that right in the pursuit of educational value?
None.
Fair use, fair dealing, right of quotation those are all part of the traditional copyright structure. By relying on them to any extent you are getting into the traditional copyright game.
One of the key things about free content is that we in effect say to the groups within the traditional copyright system "here's your ball go home".