Rick wrote:
We have a lot of images with "no commercial
use" caveats. Does that
mean these images have to be removed?
My position is that yes, eventually, these do need to be removed.
There can be exceptions, though...
If an image meets our fair use/fair dealing guidelines, which
basically means that it is easily fair use for us, and likely fair use
for most contemplated reusers, then we can keep it (because it is free
in the relevant sense) *even if* we are *also* able to obtain a
license of some sort. It can be wise for us to have licenses for
content that we could use without a license, just to make things more
clear.
An example of a "fair use" that would likely be fine for just about
any contemplated reusers would be a quotation from a book that an
article is discussing. Another example would be a screen shot from a
movie in an article about that movie.
If the _only_ way we can use a particular image is through a non-free
license, and we believe that a fair use defense would be unavailable
to us, or to most contemplated reusers, then it should be avoided.
--Jimbo