[Foundation-l] Fair use being badly abused on en.wikipedia

[Brian Hammer]

On Jan 7, 2008 3:17 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's why I'm not taking that position. I'm taking the position that
> "They would almost never sue!", there is a big difference. Even then,
> that's not my main point. My main point is that even if they do sue
> (or, at least, complain), then we can always just remove the image at
> that point. I don't know if that would be enough, which I why I'm
> asking Mike (who, hopefully, will know).
>

Fine position to take except you'll eventually be wrong, and they might
not be so kind as to ask politely first, but instead drag us into court
first. Would you be willing to front the costs for the Foundation when
(not if...we have too many fair use images for that to be an if) it
happens?

Hammersoft