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[edit] Summary

Image from the BBC ([1]) of a petition button/banner regarding the missing journalist Alan Johnston.

[edit] Fair use rationale in kidnapping of Alan Johnston

(under "reactions, appeals and protests" to highlight BBC's efforts

This image qualifies under fair use as the BBC itself advocated the use of the button/banner to keep Alan Johnston's kidnapping in the public eye, and the image has been widely reproduced around the web. Therefore it is unlikely the use of this image would compete with any BBC commercial use (if any at all). Irreplaceable - this is the only BBC banner for Johnston known to be in use.

[edit] Licensing

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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.

Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale should be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:28, 2 May 2007	150×90 (49 KB)	Chacor (Talk \| contribs)	({{fairuse}} Image from the BBC ([http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/alan_johnston.gif]) of a petition button/banner regarding the missing journalist Alan Johnston. Usage in said article under "reactions, appeals and protests" to highlight BBC's eff)