[Foundation-l] Fair Use (again)

[effe iets anders]

I did not want to suggest we should do this, I just want to point out that
we have quite a risk when we really want fair use in the long run. Both from
the side of the authors of the picture as from the authors of the text of
wikipedia.

Eia

2007/1/28, Robert Scott Horning <robert_horning at netzero.net>:
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> effe iets anders wrote:
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> >I think all it takes is one person writing the foundation that they are
> >breaching their copyright, as they do not follow the GFDL-license, under
> >which the person has given his/her texts free? And if Wikipedia is not
> >following GFDL, GFDL doesnt apply to those articles either i guess. In
> >thery, IANAL, it might even be that the foundation has to remove all that
> >persons contributions? :S
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> >Eia
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> I've actually thought about doing a sort of mass-mailing to several
> prominent artists featured on Wikipedia, saying in effect "do you know
> that your art work is being used here without permission" and giving an
> address of the WMF to get it removed.
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> I think that might get a reaction, but it may not be in the best
> interest of the WMF to go that far.  It does illustrate at least an
> avenue to force this issue.
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> For myself, I would rather that the concept of fair use be legitmately
> reviewed, and that applications of fair use that might be objectionable
> would be removed well before there is any problem that might surface
> instead.  Unfortunately this is something that may have to come from
> "the top" on a WMF level and be forced down onto the project.  The only
> ones who are interested right now in setting fair use policy are those
> who want to see it extended even further rather than those who want to
> scale it back.
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> Robert Scott Horning
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