Image talk:The isle of numenor map.gif

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This looks to me like an extremely clear copyright violation. (The maps are the primary content of this book!) Any counter-arguments?--Steuard 18:24, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Extracts of images -- even from a book of images -- for the purpose of editorial commentary is allowed under copyright law and Wik policy. I could NOT find a licensing category that would properly cover it though. Any ideas on how I should list it?

There are many many other maps of all sorts posted on Wikpedia. For example:

Image:Physical world.jpg and Image:EC map of Poland.gif

I do NOT consider it a cop-vio. It's not as if I uploaded the entire book. -- Jason Palpatine 21:30, 6 July 2006 (UTC) (speak your mind | contributions)

It's enough of the book to constitute one, I feel. I don't see your point with the maps you link to: we are allowed to use those by their creators. This one we have to rely on 'fair use' provisions of copyright law. In this case, since we are not using the map to illustrate a text about the map, we are on distinctly dodgy ground. We might be safer with a scan of Tolkien's map of Numenor for illustrative purposes: but this map is unacceptable on Numenor - it's probably OK on The Atlas of Middle-earth though. Morwen - Talk 21:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

In any case, the other map already on Numenor is fine and covers pretty much everything. Morwen - Talk 21:56, 7 July 2006 (UTC)