[WikiEN-l] Image:Wp ayb.gif

[Chris Jenkinson]

jayjg wrote:
> By the way, I'm not arguing for the use of "fair use" images on User pages.
> However, I *am* arguing against the use of bad arguments to remove them
> (and, in general, against the use of bad arguments to defend *any* action).
> "Server space" simply won't fly, as it appears to be an almost limitless
> resource in other contexts, and "it hinders distribution of a free
> encyclopedia" won't fly, as User pages are not part of the encyclopedia
> content we are trying to distribute.  The more relevant arguments seem to
> center on legal liability issues, though in reality the potential for any
> real litigation based on their use appears to be nil, if for no other reason
> than if someone actually did threaten to sue Wikipedia based on a fair use
> image maintained on a user page (which is extemely unlikely), it would
> promptly be deleted, ending any action.

The fact that we could just remove any fair use image if legal action 
was ever threatened or initiated seems to be a particularly bad argument 
for *keeping* them.

Chris

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Chris Jenkinson
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"Mistrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful."
  -- Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra