Image:Sex-com-crd.jpg

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[edit] Fair use for Sex.com

The low res scanned image is of a promotional item used in commerce, a common business card. In this case, the card was personally given to me, the uploader, by the person who then controlled sex.com. That person has been divested of that ownership by a federal court. The image, which confirms facts in the related article, Sex.com, is also independently newsworthy for that purpose, thus also a second fair use.

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  • (del) (cur) 17:24, 10 December 2006 . . Jlkramer (Talk | contribs) . . 1349×761 (823,422 bytes) (Steven M. Cohen's Sex.com Business Card. Scanned by the person who received it about 1999 directly from Mr. Cohen. ~~~~)

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