On 22/11/06, Bogdan Giusca liste@dapyx.com wrote:
What should we do with the screenshots taken from Google Earth? I see that more and more of them are uploaded on en.wiki, for example to illustrate things such as high-schools or cities. But, does the fair-use claim hold up?
Note that some of the images claim "PD".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Irvine_Sat_View.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RanchoSatView.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Migrationdinka.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hhi-troads.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:St_cath_wifi.png
The fair-use claim almost certainly doesn't work. However, it may be possible to replace them with equivalent free shots via NASA WorldWind - I believe all their map data is public domain or otherwise free, and so "photography" with it is fine.
Map snippets, like on "troads" can be reproduced with ten minutes in an art program. This isn't rocket science.