Leopold Bloom
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Best of luck, Leopold Bloom, and have fun! Ombudsman 05:10, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
I don't have much to say that I didn't say already at Talk:King Crimson discography. Wikipedia:Fair use guideliness are written to minimise unfreely licensed content, and they're not really intended to mirror the U.S. doctrine that is protection against claims of copyright infringement, which is what I think you're asking me when you write "explain to me how using illustrative pictures of their album covers does not constitute fair use". We aim for being very conservative about the use of unfreely licensed material, and come up with guidelines to reflect that, which may or may not have anything to do with the legal doctrines of any one country, and may or may not be adhered to by editors, depending on their familiarity with them. It's best to review Wikipedia:Fair use carefully, and not assume that it has anything to do with either fair use or what you happen to see in any particular articles. I hope this clears things up. Jkelly 21:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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