geni wrote:
On 7/22/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
geni wrote:
On 7/22/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Fair use images are allowed under current policy in many situations, however. Perhaps those who wish to see it completely eliminated should start up their own project instead? It cuts both ways.
Fairly limited situations and I didn't say I wanted it completely eliminated I simply feel that a project that pushes on the limits of US fair use law is not compatible with the aim of producing a free encyclopedia.
Wikipedia's fair use policies are more conservative than what the laws themselves allow, we don't "push on the limits".
I was originaly responding to David Goodman who suggested we should.
In general, there is nothing wrong with pushing limits. Without that there would be no innovation.. Pushing the envelope does not mean acting foolishly; it is more often a matter of taking calculated risks. A lot of that comes down to personal risk aversion, and most people are very conservative when it comes to a matter of taking risks.
Our fair use policies are indeed very conservative, and it is sad to see that there asre some of us who would want them to be even more conservative. Pushing the limits of the law is perfectly compatible with developing a free encyclopedia, because that kind of discrete push is what will make more material free. It's what will take stuff out of the legalistic limbo where so much of the material already finds itself.
Ec