Talk:Noah Wyle

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I'm sorry, but why the Image:Noah Wyle.jpg‎ infringes fair use? --Yuriy Lapitskiy 21:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia wants images that are freely available to anybody, whereas most publicity photos are still owned by somebody who wants to retain control. Of course Wikipedia makes exceptions where there is no free alternative available (somebody's dead, for example, or to depict a character rather than an actor), but in the case of a living celebrity that's not a realistic argument - theoretically, you could attend a film festival or award ceremony and take a pic. See Brad Pitt for an example. (Quentin X 22:19, 8 March 2007 (UTC))

But this is an image from the film! You mentioned before that it obviously could be found all over Google. --Yuriy Lapitskiy 14:30, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

This is a promotional image used by NBC to promote the show and is not a screenshot. Screenshots can be used, promotional images cannot (Quentin X 17:55, 9 March 2007 (UTC))