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
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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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