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In other cases such as cover art/product packaging, a non-free work is needed to discuss a related subject. This policy allows such material to be used if it meets U.S. legal tests for fair use, but we impose additional limitations. Just because something is "fair use" on a Wikipedia article in the U.S. does not mean it is fair use in another ...
Fair Use Week was first proposed on a Fair Use Allies mailing list, which was an outgrowth of the Library Code of Best Practices Capstone Event, celebrating the development and promulgation of ARL's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries.
Wikipedia's policies are more restrictive than United States fair use law in terms of what is and is not allowed. Note: Non-free media files that do not include both a copyright tag and a use rationale may be deleted after seven days. Non-free use of copyrighted text does not require a rationale.
Wikipedia:Non-free content is an evolving page offering more specific guidance about what is likely to be fair use in the Wikipedia articles and what Wikipedia policy will accept, with examples. In general, the educational and transformative nature of Wikipedia articles provides an excellent fair use case for anyone reproducing an article.
An acceptable use policy (AUP) (also acceptable usage policy or fair use policy (FUP)) is a set of rules applied by the owner, creator, possessor or administrator of a computer network, website, or service that restricts the ways in which the network, website or system may be used and sets guidelines as to how it should be used.
The name of each article (a link to each article is also recommended) in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a separate, specific non-free use rationale for each use of the item, as explained at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. [2] The rationale is presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use.
For instance, you cannot use a non-free image of a living person because, typically, it is possible for someone to take a picture of the subject and release that image freely. You cannot use The Dark Side of the Moon's album art to illustrate an article about optics, since you could easily use a different image of a prism diffracting light. And ...
Wikipedia can and should develop its own policy on fair use, to meet encyclopedia goals and discourage casual, inappropriate tagging of images as fair use. The situations where images are actually "fair use" are limited: Cover art. Cover art from various items, for identification and critical commentary. Promotional photos.