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- Used in Domain slamming
- It's a scan of a fraudulent letter a guy received. What is it? Fair use? – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 01:06, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
- Fair use, It has a clear source and I don't know any copyright law that allows public domain rights over material that was created for the purpose of fraud. Beyond that it is an inferior copy, which doesn't detract from the value (if any) of the original. But there are some other issues here. 1) Libel. We shouldn't say this is a fraud unless it has been through the courts. This is also for the sake of NPOV. 2)Trademarks. The page is littered with trademarks of credit cards, their rights in respect of those marks need to be mentioned. 3)Privacy. Perhaps there are laws covering the disclosure of mail. There are in France.(?). Tagged. — Zeimusu | Talk 01:33, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)
- But it does detract from the fraudulent value of the original, since by exposing the fraud to a large audience we render it less likely that the scam will work. Can we safely assume that a suit based on this claim would get laughed out of court? I sure hope so. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 01:50, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
- We can't assume anything about the american courts. But I still say fair use. A stonger case for fair use could be made like this: Replace the current image with a thumbnail size one but quote from the text in the article (this is also good for accessabliy) — Zeimusu | Talk 02:51, 2005 Feb 9 (UTC)
