On Sunday 01 June 2003 18:13, Ray Saintonge wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
What I do suggest is that we use common sense to
determine the few cases
where we think fair use law is applicable, instead of simply ignoring
these few loopholes in the current restrictive copyright code. I would
think that someone opposed to intellectual property would embrace the idea
that we should defend and make use of our rights, instead of bowing to the
pressure from copyright holders.
I agree with this approach, but I don't see where we have had problems
with the copyright holders themselves. It would be easy to agree to
remove this material if the request came from the copyright holder
himself. The pressure so=far seems to be coming from people who imagine
that something is copyright.
IMHO the problem is different: the question is _not_ whether we are allowed to
use content under "fair use" right, but if it allowed to use this material
under the license we are using (GFDL). This is an important difference.
You allowed to use "fair use" content in general (I think nobody doubts that),
but some of us think that it is not legal combining these images / quotes /
whatever with GFDL content because it violates the GFDL.
best regards,
Marco Krohn
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Marco Krohn
Theoretical Physics
University of Hannover