Platonides, 14/09/2012 23:42:
Sadly, no photos of Italian monuments could be included, since it's impossible for any of you to reach the soprintendenza.
I thought this ending made the whole narration a sarcastic tale? Of course you can't reach the soprintendenza, but most importantly the soprintendenza can't reach you.
Your example rather proves the value of uploading such images to Commons: whatever language the shipwrecked person speaks or downloaded Wikipedia in (from kiwix.org in ZIM format I suppose?), the backup will easily include all MiBAC-authorised photos because 1) Italians can upload them in the first place without breaking the law, 2) Commons can host them because they're free, 3) all Wikipedias can use them directly rather than hoping for them to be somewhere in the web or on it.wiki and uploading them locally.
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