On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Even so, I want to give some good and challenging examples.
My "first pass" would be these three:
- A simple and ordinary quote from a primary source. A quote from a
book by Lawrence Lessig, in an article about Lawrence Lessig.
- A quote of poetry. (Because RMS suggests that there is some
special rule for poetry that makes it especially problematic for fair use.)
- A low-res thumbnail of an album cover or movie box cover, used as
an illustration in an article about the full work in question.
4. Screenshots from TV/movie/computer game.
5. Company/Organization/University Logos.
6. Country national anthem & flag.
Imran