[WikiEN-l] Fair use has come back to bite us

Fri Jan 27 06:35:40 UTC 2006

Some kind soul wishes to link to us because we have an excellent
collection of posters. I've removed the personal details, but I think
the legal ramifications of this are pretty clear.

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Subject: [HelpDesk-l] Important Information about your site
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:11:16 -0600
From: (NAME REMOVED)
Reply-To: Help desk for questions about Wikimedia projects
<helpdesk-l at Wikimedia.org>
To: Helpdesk-l <helpdesk-l at wikimedia.org>

Hello my name is (NAME REMOVED). I am seeking out possible link
partners that our visitors would be interesting in visiting. I've
found your website to be a very good fit for our visitors. I have
already gone ahead and added your link to our website at (WEBSITE REMOVED)

I am contacting you to see if its ok to have done so, Also, I
would like to ask if you mind linking back to us? If so, please
use the linking details below and send me the location of our
link on your website.

Here is our linking details:
Tilte: Where Can I Buy Posters?
Description: Where Can I Buy Posters website gives you the chance
to choose from 300,000 Posters & Prints, Designer-Framed Prints,
Canvas Transfers and More...100% Guaranteed!

We've got several PR6 and 7 websites, so we expect this site to
become atleast a PR5 within 1 month and we eventually become a 6
or 7 in 2-3 months.

I hope this can be a way for us to benefit our visitors with
excellent content. Hope to hear from you soon.

(NAME REMOVED)
(SITE REMOVED)

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