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Las Vegas mugshot of Dana Plato, January 1992, arrested for forging a Valium prescription. From http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/platomug1.html .

This image is a booking photo, more commonly known as a mug shot, normally produced in the regular operations of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility. It is believed that the use of this photograph

to illustrate the booking consistent with non-free content criteria,
where no free alternative exists or could be created,
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:Non-free content.

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.

[edit] Fair use in Dana Plato

US Mugshots are often, though not always, considered public domain in general
In any case, they are never marketed for profit by the agency taking the photographs, so this display does not infringe on any commercial benefit to the photographer
This is displayed here for educational purposes only
The downward spiral of the person in question is an important part of their article; Ms. Plato is one of the classic examples of what has become such a trend among child media stars. She is known at least partly for her arrests, and a booking photograph is an irreplaceable part of such an arrest.
The person in question is deceased, so no new photographs will ever be made
This is obviously not available or reproducible as a completely free photograph

--AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 13:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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current	14:27, 24 April 2006	700×430 (93 KB)	AnonEMouse (Talk \| contribs)	(Las Vegas mugshot of Dana Plato, January 1992, arrested for forging a Valium prescription. From http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/platomug1.html . {{mugshot}})