On 2/8/07, Gunnar René Øie <gunnarre(a)nvg.ntnu.no> wrote:
Den 8. feb. 2007 kl. 12.00 skrev Claudio Mastroianni:
I still can't understand how's been possible to state two
constrasting statement in the same letter, as "we accept only free
media for all users and purposes" and "we accept fair use, who's not
*for all users and purposes*".
Because if the fair use claim is valid and strong enough, then
commercial re-users can use those fair-use images. Non-commercial and
"Wikipedia only"? Not so.
Wrong. If the fair use claim is valid and strong enough, then
commercial re-users can use those fair-use images IN THE USA. Please
note that 30-33% - or some 111 million people* - of all first-language
users live outside the US, and thus cannot legally freely reuse this
content. If you count second-language speakers as well, this number
rises to 1.5 BILLION PEOPLE who cannot freely reuse Wikipedia
content.* Is that within our scope? I don't think so.
* If I read the Wikipedia article on English correctly.
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