User:Megapixie/CopyrightFlowChart/FairUseHistoric
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The image is WP:Fair use in wikipedia. Please add a detailed fair use rationale to the image, explaining:
- Why the photograph is iconically historic not just one of hundreds of similar photographs.
- Why it is needed in the article.
- Why it couldn't be replaced by a free image.
- Why it couldn't just be excluded from the article.
Best to use the following template: - best to use the following template filling in all of the fields
{{Fair use rationale
|Description= Example: Example image. Shows how an example values can be used.
|Source= URL or book, magazine, CD, DVD, TV channel and program that the image came from. Example: Megapixie's copyright flowchart page 36, Author Megapixie, 2007
|Portion= How much of the copyright work are we using (a frame from a movie or an entire photograph at reduced resolution?)
|Purpose= Example: To illustrate the article on great flowcharts, this image shows a key work in the field with a unique graphical style that cannot be conveyed in words. In particular the abuse of the various fonts
|ResolutionReduced= Did we reduce the resolution of the image - Example: Yes - reduced from 720 x 480 DVD screenshot to (180 x 120)
|Replaceability= Could not be replaced with a free image, since the flow chart's unique style is copyrighted and could not be conveyed by a free image.
|other_information= Optional (Example: Permission was granted to wikipedia for using this image)
}}
[edit] Historic fair use
{{HistoricPhoto}}
This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic photograph, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the photographer who took the photograph or the agency employing the photographer. It is believed that the use of this photograph
- to illustrate the event in question where:
- The photograph depicts a non-reproducible historic event, and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
- The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.
If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale.
To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
[edit] Specific tags
More specific fair use tags can be found at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use.
