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"Fair use of a copyrighted work. . . for purposes such as criticism. . . is not an infringement of copyright." Fair use law.

If you'd rather be safe, I'll find another image to use. ~Shard  21:55, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * "Fair use" is not compatible with the GFDL.--Fighterdoken 22:22, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * @Fighterdoken: That statement is so wrong I don't even know where to begin. The reason we don't accept fair use here has nothing to do with GFDL.
 * @Shard: For one thing, "criticism" (and all those other fair use purposes) refer to criticism of the work being used. To my knowledge, you are not actually criticizing the McDonald's logo. For the other, while the law permits for fair use, wiki policy does not. The reasons for this are varied, mostly involving the common person's concept of "fair use" being far beyond the legal definition, the legal definition being fuzzy even in the best circumstances, and the fact that fair use doesn't stop Anet from getting sued (it does stop the suing party from winning the suit, if the court agrees that the use is fair, but being sued is costly even when you win), but the long and short of it is we're enforcing policy here, so legal arguments are moot. - Tanetris 22:01, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Uh, you could have pointed me to the not-yet-updated license page here in the wiki for "why we don't accept it" XD. I thought i had read about it on the CC portal, but i guess i got confused with the previously mentioned page.--Fighterdoken 23:30, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm all for deleting it, but current precedent (in the US anyway) says you can use copyrighted things to criticize non-related things. ~Shard  [[Image:User Shard Sig Icon.png]] 23:39, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * In order for it to be hosted, it has to be released under GFDL. Our licensing overrides fair use in every scenario; only when something is released under GFDL may it be uploaded and hosted here, and only then can we start talking about fair use. - Auron 08:19, 27 June 2009 (UTC)