While we're on the subject of copyrights I'd like to try out a fair use claim to see what people think.
Currently there are two images of Sharbat Gula which are claimed as fair use. This woman is soley famous for appearing on the cover of National Geographic as a Afghani refugee in 1985, in 2002 the same photographer took her photo again, both images are used in the article and the original is also included on the photographers page (Steve McCurry). The photographer explicitly forbids reuse of the images wihtout permission. Neither image description pages gives a rationale for fair use.
I think the fair use claim on these images is extremely shaky, and the only image that would be fair use in the Sharbat Gula article would be the National Geographic cover since it is discussed in the context of the article. The use of the image in the photographers page is most likely not fair use. Opinions?
If someone wants to set up a fair use verification page along the lines of the image sleuthing page I'd be happy to help out. Targeting images in featured and FAC articles would probably be a good place to start.
Peta Holmes (nixie)
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