On 02/03/2008, Brian Salter-Duke b_duke@bigpond.net.au wrote:
Maybe I am one of those people who does not understand this.
If I had an article on WP and I uploaded an image of me and put it on my article claiming fair use, what is the problem? First, I am not going to sue.
You get knocked down and killed by a bus tomorrow. Will whoever inherits sue?
Secondly I don't believe you. I think you will sue when someone creates what you think is a derivative work such as say modifying the article you put it in. Trust but verify and in this case I can't verify.
Second, it can not then be used by any Tom, Dick or Harry anywhere they like, which would have been the case if I had uploaded using the GFDL or into the public domain. I can see lots of reasons why I might want to do that.
So can I. However you are on the wrong project. Geocities is that way.
If this is not possible, how could I achieve this outcome - it goes on my page with my approval but nowhere else?
By starting your own website or using the free web host of your choice.
I am assuming that fair use is OK in general. I could upload an image from anyway of a person and put it on their article under fair use, could I not? Is'nt that one of the criteria for fair use?
Fails wikipedia's replaceability test and in any case would likely be considered a rather weak fair use case by the courts.