Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-9502-20161227202249

I'd like to get your opinion on something.

Over on the American Dad wikia, I located a link that led to copyright content hosted on a third-party site. The copyright owner is Wizards of the Coast and the content is a .pdf of an entire book that they've published, retailing at about $30 on Amazon.

I deleted the link, and then was given a year-long ban from that wiki by the admin, Buckimon, for removing a source without permission. I explained my reasons for deleting the link, but Buckimon believes that because the file is hosted on a public site, it is considered Fair Use to link to it. I believe that hosting the link is definitely not Fair Use and breaks the Wikia Terms of Use, specifically "You further agree to: ... Not to upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party".

Buckimon has rescinded the ban, but that is not what concerns me as I don't contribute there anyway. I'm aware that it is entirely up to the copyright holder to issue a DCMA removal request or otherwise pursue legal action, but I was hoping you'd weigh in with your interpretation of the Wikia ToU.

Thanks,

-hashtalk 20:22, December 27, 2016 (UTC) 