One approach might be to begin to think of which types of fair use images could be allowed.
For example, when making an article about a firm, it might be authorized to use the logo of this firm in fair use.
For example, when making an article about a movie just making it for an oscar, it might be authorized to use a small representation of the movie poster.
Ant
------- I am sympathetic to this, but I think that there needs to be a fairly tight policy. As an example, we really can't take a photo from Reuters and claim fair use -- our use is too similar to theirs, competes with theirs, etc.
I think it's worth discussing at length so we can get our heads clear about what the exact bounds should be. Commons-only is very safe for now, but your point is valid of course.
David Speakman wrote:
C&P from the Wikinews watercooler:
I officially propose that we institute an
"Image:" upload capability
into the Wikinews area and drop the use of Wiki
Commons as our default
image upload site and article image server since it
will harm the depth
of our news coverage. The use of Wiki Commons as our
image source will
hamper us since [[w:fair use]] images are not
allowed there. It is my
belief that news sometimes needs fair use graphics
-- case in point: the
"Wells Fargo and Barclay's rumoured to be in merger
talks" article in
which I inserted a Wells Fargo and Barclays logo -
which visually helps
the story. But since we use Wiki Commons for our
image source, this
graphic will most likely be deleted, leaving the
story text-only. --
Davodd | Talk 10:13, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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