OK, so to be sightly more specific... this happened on en.wikipedia
so maybe this isn't the right place to discuss, but...
I used this template for my FU rationale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Non-free_album_cover
And got this message:
Disputed fair use rationale for Image:SummerCDJI.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:SummerCDJI.jpg. However, there is a
concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image
under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at
Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image
description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for
fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale
guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance
with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the
template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use,
it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our criteria
for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the
media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 15:17, 24
October 2007 (UTC)
And then this deletion:
21:09, 1 November 2007 Maxim (Talk | contribs) deleted
"Image:SummerCDJI.jpg" (Deleted because "CSD I7 - Invalid fair use
rationale". using TW)
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So my question is, where do I find out what the FU policy is on cover
art. The Template:Non-free_album_cover seemed to state it was OK.
- Joi
On Nov 6, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On Nov 6, 2007 8:49 AM, Joichi Ito
<jito(a)neoteny.com> wrote:
I've also been rather frustrated with some of
the automated tags. For
instance, I recently had an album jacket image removed for lack of
fair use rationale which I uploaded using a fair use template for
album jacket artwork in an article about the album/CD. It was unclear
to me where the discussion about fair use was and how wikimedia/
wikipedia could have two different and conflicting views on album
artwork and fair use. I asked in the IRC channel and everyone just
said, "when I get a bot tag, I just let it get deleted"... which I
guess is one way of viewing it...
I guess if there were some link to a discussion page or something
where you could ask for clarification, that would be useful.
Ahh. This one isn't too hard to explain, I hope:
Some Wikimedia projects do not allow any "fair use" at all, or really
any copyrighted image which is unlicensed or without a free content
license.
The communities of some projects (For example, Spanish Wikipedia) have
decided on a balance of freedom of reuse verses thoroughness of
coverage which is different from the one found on English Wikipedia.
It is also the case that we have some projects, such as Wiktionary a
wiki dictionary, where the need for unlicensed copyrighted works is
not so clear.
Wikimedia commons uploads should be usable on *all* projects, and
reusers should have a basic confidence that works on commons are
expected to be legal for almost all kinds of reuse under almost all
systems of law.
Because of these policy and purposes differences, unlicensed images
are not usable on all projects. So, instead they should be uploaded
directly to whatever project you intend to use them on, such as
English Wikipedia.
You can find more information at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
Commons:Licensing#Material_under_the_fair_use_clause_is_not_allowed_on
_the_Commons
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