Steve Bennett wrote:
On 7/27/06, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
I think you are all missing Antheres point. Who cares whether it's fair use or not? Do we really have to be so anal about the rules that we will infact bring this to IfD, instead of just quietly ignoring the copyright issue in this very special unique case. We are people, for christs sake, not automatons! Sometimes, process is not that important.
You are really asking, is it ok for Wikipedia to breach people's copyright when the chance of them suing is very slight? I would say yes. Most would say no.
Although I consider the chance of a suit to be an important factor, it should never be the only factor. It should be accompanied by a rationale based on at least one of fair use, public domain, uncopyrightability, etc.
Ec