--- Lee Pilich pilich@btopenworld.com wrote:
I still think getting rid of all instances of fair use is a bad idea, though.
I don't think anybody has argued for that.
I don't see how we can practically allow some kinds of fair use but not others
Maybe we can. How about if we give up our current distinction between images and text and require a single confirmation whenever people upload material to Wikipedia:
By uploading material to Wikipedia, you certify that either * the material is in the public domain, or * the copyright owner of the material releases it under GFDL, or * the material can be used under the [[fair use]] doctrine and such fair use will likely extend to all third party users of Wikipedia
(maybe even with three checkboxes.)
I would think that short quotes, downsampled album titles, grainy TV frames of Hussein etc. then all still qualify.
As rms points out, fair use materials can indeed be modified (thereby even strengthening the fair use case), so the materials described above don't seem to pose a problem GFDL-wise.
Axel
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