[Foundation-l] precisions about the recent WMF "fair use" decision

[Gerard Meijssen]

Alphax (Wikipedia email) schreef:
> geni wrote:
>   
>> On 2/11/07, David Strauss <david at fourkitchens.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Not only do I agree, but I believe a similar issue surrounds fair use.
>>> Accusations of U.S. centrism are indefensible when they're based on
>>> restrictive laws in non-U.S. countries.
>>>
>>> Now, that doesn't mean there aren't practical advantages to
>>> accommodating other countries' needs, but the lack of doing so is hardly
>>> "U.S. centrism."
>>>
>>>       
>> The problem with that is the logical end point of that position is the
>> move the foundation and servers to Iran.
>>
>>     
>
> We'd have to remove all the images of people.
Hoi,
To me, this sounds like a complete absurd assertion.. what do you base 
THAT on ?
Thanks,
    GerardM