[Foundation-l] Celebrity pictures

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Mon Aug 28 17:43:01 UTC 2006


Garion96 wrote:

>As long as they are really fair use images, nothing wrong of course. Like
>the stereotypical examples of the flag of Iwo Jima, the Kim Phuc Phan Thi
>image, album covers and many others. I just seems to me that fair use is
>used too easily. Grab a picture from the web, upload it, add a fair use tag
>and you're done. I just prefer if more was free as in free content. Which is
>just my opinion btw.
>
We really do have a basic agreement here.  I have read and re-read the 
fair use criteria many times, and have yet to discover that a 
contributor's wishful thinking is a valid criterion.

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