On 2/8/07, Gunnar René Øie gunnarre@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.