On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 00:26:33 -0500, cprompt
<cprompt(a)tmbg.org> wrote:
I'm not an
attorney, but U.S. copyright law, as spelled out in 17 USC
107, says that
"fair use of a > copyrighted work...for purposes such as
criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching..., scholarship, or
research, is not an infringement of
copyright." It goes on to specify
the following criteria to be used in
judging whether the use made of a work
constitutes fair use:
You seem familiar with copyright law. I have considered making Wikipedia
a little prettier by finding suitable pictures for some articles. If I
find a photograph of, say, a koala, and I want to add it to [[Koala]], is
that permissable (if I can attribute the photo)?
That is seldom sufficient. All material on Wikipedia ought to comply with
the GNU Free Documentation License. See
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights
In general, if you are approaching someone for permission to use a photo
they own the rights of, they need to understand that once on Wikipedia it
is free for anyone else to use within the terms of the license.
And if you really want a photo of a Koala, I have one I took myself, which
I amd happy to release, also kangaroos, wombats and a dingo.
--
Richard Grevers