[Wikipedia-l] What would Richard Stallman say?
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Fri Feb 20 09:31:55 UTC 2004
Hr. Daniel Mikkelsen wrote:
>2) Does the fact that we can _get away_ with fair use mean we should do it? We
>could probably get away with a lot of suspicious activities that would increase
>Wikipedia article output which we aren't pursuing. Just because you can,
>doesn't mean it's right. To me it's the difference between short term goals and
>long term goals.
>
Fair use is not a matter of "getting away" with anything, nor is it a
"suspicious activity". Pretending that using fair-use material is
somehow a criminal activity shows a gross misunderstanding of the law.
Fair use is perfectly legal; that's why it's in the copyright law. It
remains fair use independently of the license that is used. A
downstream user who puts it in his own work does so at his own risk;
we're not babysitters.
Ec
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