The two are by no means mutually exclusive. For example, Wikipedia has always had a strong position in favor of fair use and equivalent local law. See the licensing policy of the Wikimedia Foundation and its note on project/language-specific "exemption doctrine policies" (EDPs): http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy
And, a list of policies on copyright exemptions in various Wikipedia languages and projects: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EDP Erik 2008/12/8 Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Fair Use (and Dealings) is the right of educators, as it is for journalists > and documentary makers. Instead of religiously playing into the hands of > copyright fascism with strict adherence to copyleft (and so limiting our > educational opportunities to only content meeting "free cultural > definitions), Wikieducator should aggressively lead the charge (in a non > violent way) and stand up for Fair Use/Dealings, and grow the security of > that ground for educators everywhere. http://blip.tv/file/1452933/ > > -- > -- > Leigh Blackall > +64(0)21736539 > skype - leigh_blackall > SL - Leroy Goalpost > http://learnonline.wordpress.com > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall > > > > -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
