[WikiEN-l] Getting rid of bad fair use

Sat May 20 19:08:35 UTC 2006

On 5/20/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Steve Bennett wrote:
>
> >I think what is meant is that the O RLY owl (O RLY stamped over a picture of
> >an owl taken by someone else) infringed on the copyright of the original owl
> >photographer. And since we weren't doing anything fair-use-wise with respect
> >to that original photo, we were infringing on their copyright as well.
> >
> >Which seems logical - otherwise there would be a massive loophole. We could
> >write O RLY on a non-free map of France, and use it in the France article to
> >discuss O RLY or whatever...
> >
> Better still in an article on Orly Airport. :-)
>
> Ec

YA RLY

~maru