[Foundation-l] Fair use being badly abused on en.wikipedia

[daniwo59 at aol.com]

I think that this begins to hit at the core of the debate. 
 
That said, even what is permitted by law seems to be more restrictive than  
what is currently occurring on the English Wikipedia.
 
Danny
 
In a message dated 1/7/2008 12:19:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
rarohde at gmail.com writes:

Some  people, myself included, want to create the best possible  no-cost
encyclopedia.  From that point of view, copyleft and free  content is a means
to that end.

Other people (including much of the  WMF Board apparently) feel creating free
content is an end in itself that  justifies sacrificing some encyclopedic
coverage and limiting our exercise  of fair use rights to a much narrower set
of circumstances than allowed by  law.

I can understand that point of view, even though I don't agree  with it.








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