Certainly. Book and album covers do reflect the culture and in that way enhance the article, but i do not find them indispensable. The articles generally remain perfectly understandable without them. If there was a free alternative, I wouldnt object to adding them. If someone would donate a huge sum to buy all Sony album covers in the public domain, and Sony would be willing to sell those rights, I'd be perfectly happy with them. But alas I dont see anyone donating such a gift, and if someone did, I doubt the major music publishers and book publishers would be willing to sell them.
If an image, free or fair use, didnt add to an article, we wouldnt have a discussion, we would probably already have it removed.
So the question is: what do we pursue: the dream of a free content, or a compromise which add some chrome/culture but inhibits the free spreading of knowledge?
teun
On 1/18/07, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
On 17/01/07, teun spaans teun.spaans@gmail.com wrote:
I took a look at the xenu article and dont see any reason for including
the
bbc screen shot. Likewise, the artcile remains perfectly understandable without the book covers and handwriting. Hence, there is no need to
include
these fair use images, and make the article undistributable in large
parts
of the world.
Looking at those pictures, and speaking more generally, the book covers and handwriting images, despite being Fair Use, do add to the article. Such images reflect the culture surrounding subject of the article.
-- Oldak Quill (oldakquill@gmail.com)
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