On 8/1/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
So, what is an "equivalent"? How much worse can the free image be before we don't have to consider it "equivalent"? Considering that "worse" can mean lower resolution, lower technical quality, less focused on the concept of hand (eg, a picture of a building when we're discussing its front door), less aesthetically pleasing, diagram vs photo, hand drawn image vs photo, etc etc.
Out of 10 a fair use image can never rate above two. How you rate them? Well ultimely general gidelines can't really help with that.