On Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:59:13 +0000, Peter Hayes wrote:
> The use of the "BBC News" logo is suspect as it confers inappropriate
> authority to the item, and should be removed. Replace it with a link to
> the BBC's news site within the caption.
And it violates the BBC's trademark.
> Flawed journalism aside, the use of the images falls within "fair use"
> provisions, so other than the mis-use of the "BBC News" logo I fail to
> see your problem.
Using a work entirely does not fall under fair use, otherwise "real"
newspapers wouldn't need copyright permission to re-use images from the AP
or Routers. What's more is that he altered and created a derived work of
the image. That is most certainly NOT fair use.
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