[Wikipedia-l] Stallman on fair use

[Thomas Corell]

Jimmy Wales wrote:
> The complication here arises from the fact that fair use depends on
> the use, not on the image or quote itself.

I'm personally quite happy with the voting on the german wikipedia, which 
results in not using e.g. 'fair use'-images. It is complicated to seperate 
them currently, but fair use is e.g. not existing in german law. Citations 
are ok, of course.

I'm not very good at laws, but the german law about it, seems pretty good 
to me: citations are ok, if they are not the main part, and the writer 
refer to this citation. Pictures and other things are 'big citations' and 
usually not 'fair use'.

Which means: I can use citations, which is needed in Wikipedia, and I 
should have a free picture, sound, etc. if I want to include it. In the 
result everything can be published free, and that's what I think fits with 
the 'free' in "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."

Don't know if this fits in GFDL or US law, but it's easy to understand.

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