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This image is taken from the Rocky Mountain News.

Photo by Hal Stoelzle.[1].

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 "Columbine High School massacre" : 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 ([2]), 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.

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] Rationale of "fair use" for Columbine High School massacre:

I, SmthManly, believe this image falls under fair use, According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976 (The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.  [3] because:

1. It is a low resolution screenshot captured from a news broadcast/news report.
2. The image is of significantly lower resolution so as not to allow any high-quality copies.
3. The image is used for informational purposes only.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article and how the event depicted was very historically significant to the general public. In this case it shows students being evacuated from the school.

[edit] Rationale of "fair use" for Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography:

I, SmthManly, believe this image falls under fair use, According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976 (The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.  [4] because:

1. It is a low resolution screenshot captured from a news broadcast/news report.
2. The image is of significantly lower resolution so as not to allow any high-quality copies.
3. The image is used for informational purposes only.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article, in this case, one of the images that has won this prestigious award.

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