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[edit] Fair use in Cheri Elliott

What proportion of the copyrighted work is used and to what degree does it compete with the copyright holder's usage?

It is cropped and the magazine has been out of print for over 23 years so no foreseable competition is expected.

Is the image a logo, photograph, or box art for the main subject of the article?

Yes the photograph is of the main subject of the article

Is the image being used as the primary means of visual identification of the subject or topic?

Yes, the photo identifies the subject of the article.

What purpose does the image serve in the article?

To illustrate the person the topic is about.

If applicable, has the resolution been reduced from the original? In the case of music samples, has the quality been reduced from the original?

It is a scanned *.jpg image, scanned on a 10 year old commercial consumer scanner. By its nature the photo resolution and quality has been reduced and it was scanned at a lower resolution scale than life size and reduced further to reduce file size.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Cheri Elliott
Description	Photograph of BMX Racer Cheri Elliott circa 1983
Source	From BMX Plus! magazine December 1983 Vol.6 No.11 pg.9
Article	Cheri Elliott
Portion used	Cropped. Entire photograph as was printed in the magazine is not used and at a reduce size.
Low resolution?	Yes to 526×781 pixels
Purpose of use	To illustrate subject of article viz Cheri Elliott and what he does.
Replaceable?	No. "Cheri Elliott" images do not resides in Wikipedia library or anywhere else except perhaps in other period magazines and a few websites.
Other information	Photo is by John Ker, who was the Photographer/Editor for BMX Plus! at the time.

[edit] Licensing

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 "Cheri Elliott" :

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.

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current	04:14, 15 November 2007	526×781 (64 KB)	Hunter2005 (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == === Fair use in Cheri Elliott === *What proportion of the copyrighted work is used and to what degree does it compete with the copyright holder's usage? #It is cropped and the magazine has been out of print for over 23 years so no fore)