Not what I meant :) There are no legal issues with our EDP. It is okay from the point of view of the Czech law, as we have the copyright holder's permission. It is also okay with US law, as we stick a fair use-like rationale to the image (even though there isn't anything like fair use in the Czech Republic). The question is, is it okay with Foundation's policy? From pfctdayelise's (and my) understanding of it, it looks like we can't use any EDP at all, as the concept of fair use/fair dealing is not present in Czech law, and the image policy depends on that concept; therefore, our current solution of having an "excuse" for the Czech law (permission) and another one for WMF (fair use-like rationale) is impossible... and I wonder whether that interpretation's correct :)
Thanks, Michal Zlatkovsky [[m:User:Timichal]]
Brian McNeil napsal(a):
I have absolutely no idea what the potential legal issues you may face may be. However, I assume from your mail you already have a limited collection of images you have tagged as "fair use" (eg company logos). Unless you have lawyers or - at least - law students working on the project you might not be able to get good advice on how you should handle the issue and avoid problems.
My (purely personal) opinion is you should make an issue out of this before it becomes a problematic issue for the foundation. Approach organisations you've covered and used logos from under fair use and where coverage has been non-controversial. Discuss with groups like this how your local laws may be inappropriate for a totally free press *before* you're in conflict with them. It may not work with your legal system, but I'm not aware of any that doesn't take precedent and the like into account. If you have this history and someone who gets negative coverage decides to make an issue out of it you've already laid the groundwork to defeat their argument.
Brian McNeil