Dear Heather, I respectfully disagree. You are right that everybody CAN make up a image database with CC-BY images and sell them. But nobody has to buy them from there (or from CCC). Instead everybody can use any image for free. In the case of CC-BY-NC I doubt that many authors think that despite the -NC the publisher may sell the article or parts thereof. Unfortunately due to regulations in the author agreement the publisher quite often has the right to do so despite -NC. Alas, still nobody has to buy the figure or anything else from CCC. If it's used for a scientific purpose. Citing the figure and some kind of intellectual investigation is enough. Many legislations call this Fair Use, but the principle is valid also in others like the German (where there is no Fair Use-doctrine).
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