[WikiEN-l] Are TV screencaps reputable sources?

[Ray Saintonge]

Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:

>That was me, and it's not a red herring. Every time we claim "fair use"
>on an image, it is because the image is not Free; that means, we are
>infringing someone's copyright. "Fair use" is something which exists
>under US law (presumably several others, but it's US law that we rely
>on) which we use to justify that infringement; I was making the point
>that with things like screenshots, we have to be careful that our claims
>are in fact fair and valid.
>
If you ever bothered to read section 107 of part 17 of the U.S.C. you 
would see it plainly written:

> the fair use of a copyrighted work, ...  is not an infringement of 
> copyright.

This is much stronger wording than simply justifying an infringement.  
Free use and fair use operate on separate tracks.  One does not follow 
from the other. 

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