[Foundation-l] Is there a good reason to delete the Burj Al Arab?

Marco Chiesa chiesa.marco at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 20:05:51 UTC 2011


On 3/13/11, Yaroslav M. Blanter <putevod a mccme.ru> wrote:
>
> From what I know, only the Spanish Wikipedia does not recognize fair-use
> images, and the German Wikipedia has a very strict policy which makes the
> usage of fair-use tricky. All other Wikipedias allow for fair-use. I am
> absolutely sure about the Russian Wikipedia where I uploaded several dozens
> of fair-use images (either pieces of art which are not yet PD or my own
> pictures of Russian non-FOP buildings). Our policy over there is that
> fair-use usage has to be justified and should not damage the commercial
> value in any way. In particular, non-FOP images can be uploaded in any
> resolution.
>

The Italian Wikipedia in many cases demands that the use of fair-use
images is explicitly allowed by the copyright owner.
Cruccone



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