David Gerard wrote:
realise there's a perennial France vs America attitude in WM France,
In your imagination, there is.
I'm just stating the obvious: if we allow "fair use" content (an exception specific to the United States and thus possibly only valid for contents from US providers directed towards the US public) while at the same time having "holier than thou" policies on "free content", we're incoherent.
Our licensing position would be more coherent if we banned "fair use" content from en:.