On 4/3/07, Nyenyec N <nyenyec(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Let's take album covers as an example.
Hungary, just like Germany
doesn't have a broad equivalent of "fair use". According to Hungarian
law, album covers cannot be distributed without permission.
I think we need a FAQ point that says:
Q: "But my country doesn't have anything like fair use / fair dealing"
A: "You're probably incorrect."
See the current Hungarian copyright act, (Act LXXVI of 1999, I have no
clue how to cite Hungarian law).
I'm fairly confidence that you have some degree of fair use, ...
although it may not be as permissive as US law, the Wikimedia policy
is focused on the part of fair use which should be most widely
available (the part required to prevent copyright from being used to
effectively stop free speech).
One also needs to consider the extent to which the fair practice
provisions of the Berne Convention apply to Hungary as a signatory.
Ec