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http://www.telospress.com/main/images/news/images_med/AhmadBatebi.jpg

The image has been submitted to HUNDREDS of news agencies around the world since it was taken, and is a very common image found on a myriad of news sites, including VOA and the BBC. The image does not belong to any of these news agencies and the civilian that took the photo has freely distributed it over the internet

[edit] Licensing

This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this Image to illustrate the event or historically notable person(s) in question where: The image depicts a non-reproducible historic event or historically notable person(s), 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] Fair use for Ahmad Batebi

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo of Ahmad Batebi, which led to his imprisonment after it's distribution and publication in The Economist. (see article)
2. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
3. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in the article.

JPD (talk) 13:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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