You can think what you want. The problem is, you're thinking that the laws of the US apply to the world. They don't. The concept of "fair use" is a US principl

You can think what you want. The problem is, you're thinking that the laws of the US apply to the world. They don't. The concept of "fair use" is a US principle, though a few other countries have something similar. The "Freedom of Panoroma" issue here concerns the EU, which doesn't have fair use. As the link says: > The reason Wikipedia can freely depict public spaces in most of the countries in the European Union is that we enjoy full Freedom of Panorama. This is an exception to copyright that allows people to make and use photographs of public spaces without restriction, while at the same time protecting the architect's or visual artist's rights. You also seem to misapprehend what "fair use" means legally, vs. the generally incorrect folk understanding. Plus, Wikipedia's own guidelines say that they are more restrictive on the use of non-free media than what is allows by US copyright law. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content .