[Foundation-l] Re: Copyright issues...walking on thin ice

[Ray Saintonge]

Daniel Mayer wrote:

>However, you do correctly note that we should not depend on the fair use
>doctrine in the U.S. We should instead work with more international doctrines
>such as fair dealing (which covers much of the English Speaking world and is a
>bit more restrictive than fair use and thus will be fine in the U.S. as well).
>But this would be much less useful for non-English wikis (each language wiki
>should develop its own policy on this). 
>  
>
There is also something like fair dealing in the Berne Convention.  The 
exact term escapes me for now.  The general rule is that this would be 
brought into a country's law when it ratifies the Treaty.

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