On 1/27/06, Stan Shebs shebs@apple.com wrote:
If it's such an awful violation, then why not send a letter to Nintendo and/or Pokemon USA informing them of this nefarious activity going on right under their noses?
It's such a simple solution, I'm a little surprised that fair-use opponents haven't tried this already. (Of course, if the copyright holder officially shrugs about WP usage, or defines what they consider reasonable limits, that would make it harder to argue that fair use is always unacceptable, so there's a little risk.)
Stan
Most "fair-use opponents" realize that the real problem with relying on fair use has nothing to do with Wikipedia's distribution over the Internet. The real problem comes into play with redistributors and print/CD/DVD editions.
If the "fair-use proponents" got a letter from Nintendo and/or Pokemon USA saying that they have no problem with Wikipedia including all its images in a DVD edition, that would certainly go a long way toward resolving the issue. Of course, the best solution would be just have the company release the images under some free or at least semi-free license.
Anthony