Hr. Daniel Mikkelsen wrote:
- Does the fact that we can _get away_ with fair use mean we should do it? We
could probably get away with a lot of suspicious activities that would increase Wikipedia article output which we aren't pursuing. Just because you can, doesn't mean it's right. To me it's the difference between short term goals and long term goals.
Fair use is not a matter of "getting away" with anything, nor is it a "suspicious activity". Pretending that using fair-use material is somehow a criminal activity shows a gross misunderstanding of the law. Fair use is perfectly legal; that's why it's in the copyright law. It remains fair use independently of the license that is used. A downstream user who puts it in his own work does so at his own risk; we're not babysitters.
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