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[edit] Summary

A picture of 2pac, taken from Death Row's official website.

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Tupac Shakur":

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia ([1]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([2]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed fair use rationale.

[edit] Fair use for Tupac Shakur

This image, 2Pac2.jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (SqlPac) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

No free or suitable alternative has been located.
It furthers the goals of providing verifiable information concerning the subject matter, in that it visibly demonstrates the subject of the article itself.
It in no way infringes on or assists in the illegal reproduction or distribution of the content of the event, goods or services being advertised.
It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the event, goods or services in any way.
The image is of small size and inferior quality/resolution; any subsequent copies made from this image would be of useless quality.
The image is available elsewhere on the Internet, and higher quality versions are available through Death Row's website.
The image is being used strictly for informational and/or educational purposes.

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(del) (cur) 20:37, 5 December 2006 . . Guinnog (Talk | contribs) . . 362×480 (20,269 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 03:42, 5 December 2006 . . Bfm92 (Talk | contribs) . . 89×126 (2,231 bytes)
(del) (rev) 03:20, 16 February 2006 . . Masterv88 (Talk | contribs) . . 362×480 (20,269 bytes) (2pac - http://www.deathrowrecords.com)