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Jayne Mansfield in Playboy

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[edit] Fair use rationale for article Jayne Mansfield

The use of this image in Jayne Mansfield constitutes fair use of a copyrighted image because:

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  7. Hugh Hefner enterprises retains all copyrights to this image.

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