[WikiEN-l] Jimbo/Seigenthaler CNN interview transcript

Tue Dec 6 16:41:18 UTC 2005

Sure, we use "fair use text" but that means "quotations" and not
wholesale copying. We're allowed to write an article about the
interview, describing and even quoting from it when relevant but we're
not allowed to just copy and re-print the entire interview.

FF

On 12/6/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> Does Wikipedia allow fair use text?  Does it allow fair use outside
> the article space?  How is it clear case?  Simply serving a public
> purpose is not enough.
>
> On another note, I'm interested in seeing the next interview after
> Seigenthaler sees what is written about him on Jimbo's other site:
> http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/John_Seigenthaler_Sr
>
> "Seigenthaler was promptly fired in 1963 for his role in planning,
> carrying out, and covering up the JFK Assassination, and is even
> thought by some madmen to have supplied Oswald and Castro with silver
> bullets to kill the werewolf-president."
>
> Anthony
>
> On 12/6/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> > I think this is a clear case of fair use. It serves a public purpose.
> > There is a problem and we all need to hear about it.
> >
> > Fred
> >
> > On Dec 5, 2005, at 11:57 PM, Zzyzx11 at Wikipedia wrote:
> >
> > > I just noticed that WikiFanatic posted a transcript on the Jimbo v.
> > > Seigenthaler debate on CNN:
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WikiFanatic/
> > > Wales_interview_transcript
> > >
> > > Although I was fascinated about it, I feel like that page is a
> > > copyvio because I know that all CNN broadcasts and video are
> > > copyrighted material...
> > >
> > > Zzyzx11 at en.wikipedia.org
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zzyzx11
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