[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Are TV screencaps reputable sources?

Wed Aug 16 02:03:39 UTC 2006

Citing someone is authorized in so much more legislations. Brazilian (my
contry) copyright law don't have anything related to fair use or educational
use, but, authorizes citations.

On 8/15/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ray Saintonge wrote:
> > Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
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> <snip>
> >> Oh, and if quotes are copyrightable (and we can only use them under
> >> "fair use"), please explain to me how Wikiquote can exist?
> >>
> > I did not say that quotes were copyrightable; you cannot claim copyright
> > on something that is already copyright by someone else, or is in the
> > public domain.  I said, "...unless the work is in the public domain the
> > use of any quotation from it is an example of fair use"   Wikiquote can
> > exist because of fair use.
>
> IANAL, which is why I'm crossposting to foundation-l so that someone can
> clarify this for us; does Wikiquote really only exist because of the
> "fair use" provision in US law?
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