Talk:Philippine National Red Cross

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Novalis sent me a message about my edit of Philippine National Red Cross. He said I was violating copyright by including a history of the PNRC that I obtained from their web site. I believe that my usage of the historic time line was Fair Use as stated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_FAQ

Asking yourself these questions might help you determine if something is fair use: 1. Is it a for profit competitor or not? Is it for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research? Is the use transformative (of a different nature to the original publication)? 2. Is it a highly original creative work with lots of novel ideas or a relatively unoriginal work or listing of facts? Is the work published (to a non-restricted audience)? If not, fair use is much less likely. 3. How much of the original work are you copying? Are you copying more or less than the minimum required for your purpose? The more you exceed this minimum, the less likely the use is to be fair. Are you reducing the quality or originality, perhaps by using a reduced size version? 4. Does this use hurt or help the original author's ability to sell it? Did they intend to or were they trying to make the work widely republished (as with a press release)? Are you making it easy to find and buy the work if a viewer is interested in doing so?

1. No, it is not for profit. 2. Is it highly original creative work? No, it is a listing of historical events. 3. I copied the minimum needed for my purpose. 4. This has no negative effect on the original author's ability to sell this. By clearly referencing my source, I made it easy for the viewer to find the original work.

Based on these facts, I respectfully request that he reconsider his objection.

Fanra 17:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

After discussion with Novalis, I rewrote the entry to satisfy (I hope) any copyright concerns. Fanra 23:26, 17 April 2007 (UTC)