[WikiEN-l] Re: US Congress Staff Editing Wikipedia

Sat Feb 4 03:17:38 UTC 2006

On 2/4/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
>
> >I wouldn't go so far as to say that I'd like to see the US make fair
> >use more restrictive - although frankly it probably wouldn't matter
> >all that much in my daily life.
> >
> >But making it more clear when the answer is "No."  That'd be
> >tremendously helpful to Wikipedia, in that it'd resolve a lot of
> >conflict, and I really don't see how it'd hurt anything.
> >
> Another interesting possibility would be a use-it-or-lose-it provision.
> If there has been no properly authorized publication of a copright work
> in the last 10 years, any reprinting is fair use.
>
> Ec

Getty would slightly object as would AP.

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geni