[WikiEN-l] Writing rationales (was: Next step in "fair use" cleanup?)

[jkelly at fas.harvard.edu]

Quoting Matt Brown <morven at gmail.com>:

> Is it required that the original uploader provide the
> fair use rationale, or can someone else?  If we require the original
> uploader, that might be a problem.  If you're not the original
> uploader, but provide a rationale, are you thereby assuming
> responsibility for a copyright lawsuit?
>

  I have written rationales for images I haven't uploaded.  The rationales
specify which articles they pertain to.  I feel pretty comfortable writing a
rationale for an album cover image that specifies it is to be used in the
article about the album regardless of whether or not I uploaded it.

  Jkelly