I saw Sam Korn enforcing that one time, dunno how far he went with it though...
Yes, it is copyright infringement. No, the law doesn't care. The law
has absolutely no regard for anything but the people with better
lawyers.
On 9/14/05, Fastfission <fastfission(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Do we have an official policy on images on user pages?
Correct me if I'm
wrong, but wouldn't the use of copyrighted materials there in a way which
did not qualify as "fair use" simply be copyright infringement, in the same
way it would in the article namespace? Does the law make the namespace
distinction? (That sounds like a silly question in a way, but I suppose I'm
referencing "safe harbor" laws.)
In the end, I think this comes down to "should we allow copyright violations
on user pages?" which sounds to me like the answer would be "of course
not".
Boy, wouldn't it be fun to start enforcing this! Anybody in the mood to
become "most hated user, especially among the young and brittle"? If the
answer is definitely "no exceptions", it would be nice to have a quote from
Jimbo Wales with his thoughts on this to use as a reference, since a lot of
people have strong proprietary feelings about their user pages.
FF
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