[WikiEN-l] First fair use criterium

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>>> Unless you want to commit a felony and stalk them, it's pretty much
>>> impossible to get non-fair use images for small time actors who don't visit
>>> premieres or award ceremonies.
>> The dozens of celbs (major and minor) uploaded to commons by user
>> Towpilot serves as a fine counter example.
> 
> That only proves he can get pictures of dozens of celebrities.
> 
> Unless you have some reason to believe that those dozens are typical of
> celebrities in general and it's as easy to get pictures of the rest as it
> is to get pictures of those, it proves nothing.
> 
> I can walk into a bookstore and come out with a stack of $1 books.  Does that
> mean that given any particular book, you can probably find it for $1?
> 

Can you find a *first-edition hardcover signed by the author* for $1?
That's the sort of distinction we're talking about here.

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