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This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit.

The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.

It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:

the person(s), product, event, or subject in question
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it
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. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos.

Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.

This image is from a 1979 Lincoln-Mercury promotional brochure.

The image shown here is claimed to be used under fair use in the article Mercury Marquis as:

There is no "free" equivalent of an actual factory photograph showing the Marquis coupe. It should be noted that the '79-'82 Marquis coupe is extremely rare.
This has been previously published.
The name of the photographer/artist is unknown.
It is of lower resolution than the original, so it will not detract from the value of any original image.
The image is only being used for informational purposes.
The material is encyclopedic and otherwise meets general Wikipedia content requirements.
This meets the media-specific policy requirements.
The image is used in at least one article.
The material contributes to the article by specifically illustrating a relevant section within the text about these cars.
The image does not detract from the reputation of the subject.