3 Aug 08:47
Re: Freedom, fairness, and the Doha Round
From: Frank Tobia <frank.tobia <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Freedom, fairness, and the Doha Round
Newsgroups: gmane.org.freeculture.discuss
Date: 2008-08-03 06:47:59 GMT
Subject: Re: Freedom, fairness, and the Doha Round
Newsgroups: gmane.org.freeculture.discuss
Date: 2008-08-03 06:47:59 GMT
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Parker Higgins <parkerhiggins <at> gmail.com> wrote:
Good call Parker, that's a point I didn't mention. Wikipedia's policy on images and fair use is basically "if it is at all conceivable that a free image of this subject could exist, then fair use images are not allowed". So articles about living persons always need free-licensed images (no fair use), whereas album covers, book covers, movie posters, etc. can't possibly have a free alternative, and so fair use is the only option.
-Frank
Wikipedia prefers not to rely on fair use for things like that, and I think in this case "fair use" photos would probably just not be used at all. (I know that in cases like album covers, where no alternative is possible, fair use is allowed.)
Good call Parker, that's a point I didn't mention. Wikipedia's policy on images and fair use is basically "if it is at all conceivable that a free image of this subject could exist, then fair use images are not allowed". So articles about living persons always need free-licensed images (no fair use), whereas album covers, book covers, movie posters, etc. can't possibly have a free alternative, and so fair use is the only option.
-Frank
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