--- Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)bomis.com> wrote:
Marco Krohn wrote:
well, they shouldn't be in Wikipedia at all
IMHO, but you are right
with saying that a printed version is not allowed using "fair use"
images.
A printed version could easily use "fair use" images and could still
be distributed under the GNU FDL. All that would be needed would
be a prominent explanation in the book that it is an aggregation of
independent works, under paragraph 7, and an indication by each image
of what it's status is.
But something doesn't become an "aggregation" just because the author
says so; it's a matter of law. If it's a derivative work, then it's not
an aggregation, per paragraph 7 GFDL. Now "derivative work" is a
technical term defined in 17 U.S.C. sec. 101 and probably further in
case law. The question then is whether illustrating text with a photo
creates a derivative work of the text. I'm not a lawyer and I don't
want to play one on TV, so I'll shut up.
Axel
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