[WikiEN-l] Seriously, on BJAODN

[Brock Weller]

Because a fair use image is fair use whether theres a rationale listed or
not. That's demonstrated by the commentary in the article it's in. We
require fair use rationales because we are more restrictive on their use
then the law (and rightly so). Un-rationaled fair use images are against our
policies, copyright violations are against the law, period. Hence the
difference in actions.

On 6/2/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Gracenotes wrote:
> > The way admins like to deal with copyright issues is delete, not
> > fix. This preferred solution means that free content wins the
> > bloody battle in The End. The only thing is, The End doesn't have
> > half a chance of coming soon.
> >
> > Write out a fair use rationale for a well-known album by a famous
> > band, or tag it with {{subst:dfu}} and thumb-twiddle for a week? I
> > dunno, which one can be done by a bot?
>
> So why not tag BJAODN and give it that week for editors to work on
> making it compliant? Since simply attributing the material would satisfy
> everyone, this can be done. The result would be to produce more free
> content, which is more of a "win" than a deleted wasteland, wouldn't you
> agree?
>
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-Brock