[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia and "personal use"?

Mon Aug 30 06:33:27 UTC 2004

Putting something on a website is most certainly not "Personal" use in
any legal system i know of.

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:10:16 -0400, John <flockmeal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Back in May 2004 [[User:ChrisDJackson]], who appears to be inactive on
> Wikipedia at the moment, uploaded [[Image:Bushlogo.jpg]], but provided
> no information about its source or its use status. Assuming it came
> from http://www.georgewbush.com/  then it would fall under the sites
> copyright terms which are http://www.georgewbush.com/copyright.aspx
> 
> "All compilation and content of this site, including its assembly,
> design, text, illustrations, photographs, logos, etc. are the
> intellectual property of Bush-Cheney '04, Inc., its affiliates or its
> content suppliers and constitute copyrighted material, trademarks
> and/or trade dress. This site and its contents may be used only for
> personal, noncommercial use. All worldwide rights, titles and
> interests are reserved."
> 
> Now, Wikipedia is certainly noncommercial, but these copyright terms
> bring up another larger question, is Wikipedia "personal"?
> 
> Should we continue to use this image, or other images protected for
> "personal" use? What's the US law in this area, do laws of other
> nations also apply because Wikipedia is an internet site?
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