[WikiEN-l] Our content gets *everywhere*

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthony wrote:
> On 8/18/07, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>   
>> Jimbo wrote:
>>     
>>>> I think it is squarely and cleanly fair use.  It's a sentence and a half
>>>> for goodness sake!
>>>>         
>> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>     
>>> There is more to fair use than just using a small amount.
>>>       
>> Indeed.  Care to go down the list at [[Fair use]] and check the
>> others for applicability?
>>     
> First I'd argue the use is de minimis, but that might fail...
>
> purpose and character - highly transformative
> nature of the copyrighted work - non-fictional work that anyone can
> download for free over the internet
> amount and substantiality - not much
> effect on the work's value - zero
>
> 4/4, I declare fair use the winner
I have no doubt that the usage would pass the fair use tests.  It would 
be more interesting to look at this in terms of the right of 
attribution.  This fits more correctly into the package of moral rights 
that Europeans care so much about.  Nokia is, after all, a European company.

Ec