--- Jimmy Wales jwales@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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