[WikiEN-l] Fair use issues; we need serious help

[Mark Wagner]

On 7/12/07, WikipediaEditor Durin <wikidurin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/12/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > As co-author of the Foundation's licensing policy, it was my intention
> > to ensure that WMF projects have the freedom and flexibility to draft
> > a fair use policy or similar "exemption doctrine policy" in line with
> > established practices and beliefs of a given community. For example, I
> > have no problem with fair use pictures being used to identify
> > contemporary works where a free content image is not available. But I
> > think the decision needs to be made by the community as a whole.
> >
> > If no consensus can be found, rather than asking the WMF Board to make
> > a final decision, how about organizing a community poll on the
> > different options?
>
> I guarantee you that no consensus will evolve. There has been
> massive contention on virtually every aspect of fair use issues
> on en.wikipedia. In no way can the enormity of the debates
> be overstated.

I expect it to be worse than that.  If we go with straight-up voting,
the resulting EDP will read as follows:

1) Any non-free image may be used if it's related to the article it's used in.

-- 
Mark
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