On 22/11/06, Bogdan Giusca <liste(a)dapyx.com> wrote:
What should we do with the screenshots taken from
Google Earth?
I see that more and more of them are uploaded on en.wiki, for example
to illustrate things such as high-schools or cities. But, does the
fair-use claim hold up?
Note that some of the images claim "PD".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Irvine_Sat_View.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RanchoSatView.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Migrationdinka.png
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hhi-troads.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:St_cath_wifi.png
The fair-use claim almost certainly doesn't work. However, it may be
possible to replace them with equivalent free shots via NASA WorldWind
- I believe all their map data is public domain or otherwise free, and
so "photography" with it is fine.
Map snippets, like on "troads" can be reproduced with ten minutes in
an art program. This isn't rocket science.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk