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Binky.GIF‎ (394 × 331 pixels, file size: 100 KB, MIME type: image/gif)

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Binky (polar bear)" :

To illustrate the subject in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Binky (polar bear)
Description	Binky with tourist's shoe after mauling
Source	Anchorage Daily News
Article	Binky (polar bear)
Portion used	whole photo
Low resolution?	very low
Purpose of use	to illustrate Binky the bear
Replaceable?	irreplaceable- Binky is now dead, and this is the iconic shoe photo for which he is famous.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:36, 3 April 2007	394×331 (100 KB)	Calliopejen (Talk \| contribs)	({{fair use in\|Binky (bear)}} This image is fair use because it is an iconic image of a historical event that cannot be duplicated. The image is of very poor quality and would not decrease the value of the original)