[WikiEN-l] Is fair use a right as well as a defense?

[Steve Bennett]

On 9/11/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been tending to apply "enough to illustrate the article", and
> reducing higher resolutions to 300x300. (I suppose a particularly
> remarkable aspect of a particular cover could do with higher
> resolution on a case by case basis.)

"Case by case" is a lot of work, and a recipe for abuse. Care to make
300x300 a firm rule?

As an example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Pepper%27s.jpg
That's 325x325, and while you can't make out the fine details, it's
sufficient for our purposes. We could always have some cropped
closeups of some of the faces.

Steve