[WikiEN-l] "Fair use" images of living people

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On 12/12/06, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/12/06, Steve Block <steve.block at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> > Jimmy Wales wrote:
> >
> > > What if instead of the photos we have there now, we had a template
> > > {{fair use wanted}}.
> >
> > Sounds brilliant.  Jimmy, any chance you could talk this issue up in any
> > press you do or the foundation release, or would this draw attention to
> > our fair use images and lead to possible legal problems?
>
> I didn't comment on it before but I'm pretty sure we've already tried
> a replace this fair use image notice.. and I think we found that it
> was ineffective while simply removing the images was more effective.
> I'm sure someone else can chime in with more data.
>
> As far as PR goes... The fair use issue is mostly "sausage making"
> which is intersting to us but not interesting or even confusing to
> outsiders.  I think it would be better to instead say "We need
> photographers and other people with the skills required to make
> quality illustrations."
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If I understood Jimmy correctly, this is the kind of template that would in
*after* the fair use image was removed, trying to get a replacement, not a
template that goes under a fair use image saying we need a replacement.

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