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

[geni]

On 07/01/2008, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > That said, even what is permitted by law seems to be more restrictive than
> > what is currently occurring on the English Wikipedia.
>
> Really? If that's the case, then Mike needs to step in and tell us. If
> our use of images is actually illegal (or, could reasonably be
> considered illegal - I don't think fair use is sufficiently well
> defined to be sure until a judge makes a decision), then all our
> debate is meaningless and we just have to do what the law requires.

There are a couple of common use types that have potential issues
album covers for example. However I don't know of enough case law in
that area to say which way it would go.

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geni