On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:32 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:

In a message dated 3/1/2008 8:42:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

nawrich@gmail.com writes:

Again - fair use implies you are utilizing a specific legal doctrine in order to justify using someone elses copyrighted work. If its your own copyrighted work, then fair use doesn't apply to uses that you specifically authorize.>>

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Can you provide a source to back up this assertion?

Thanks Will Johnson

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I think the confusion here is in the nature of "fair use". Yes, fair use does apply only to use of work which you do -not- hold the copyright to. If you ARE the copyright holder, you have the right to use the work however you like. You have no need to claim fair use. You can state that your permission only applies to certain uses, or only to certain people or organizations.

However, if you have the legal rights to release content under the GFDL, then -you are doing so- when you upload it to Wikipedia. Have a look at the edit window. It quite specifically tells you so. If you don't want to release your work under a free license, and instead want to restrict what may or may not be done with it, thanks but no thanks. You can upload it on a site like Flickr instead, which does allow work under such licenses. In the meantime, if we have free content, we don't replace it with nonfree, even if the nonfree is prettier.