On 23/02/2008, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
So again, this point-of-view, which is not supported by copyright law, removes any fair use picture. The ideal of "possible" is the problem as "reasonable". You simply cannot define it adequately.
Mostly not a problem. Obviously there are a few corner cases but for the most part possible can be define as "It would be possible for your average wikipedian to obtain a replacement images without breaking any law"
So photos of the surface of Venus while technically possible to replace would not be considered to be replaceable.
If we say consider photos of buildings then any building that currently exists, isn't protected by copyright, is located outside a warzone and doesn't have other restrictions on the public getting close to it is considered replaceable.