Image:Kim il sung.jpg

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While the image was taken from http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Sung/kimilsung.jpeg, the original painting is a portrait produced by DPR Korea's government.

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 "Kim Il-sung" :

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.

[edit] Fair Use Rationale for Kim Il-sung

This a photo of a historically significant individual
The material should not be used in a manner that would likely replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
No free equivalent is available, and it is too late for a free-use picture to be taken of this individual. Additionally, no free-use equivalent could be created that would adequately give the same information.
The image is of low resolution, which does not interfere with commercial distribution of higher-quality images.
The image used for educational and informational purposes by Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation.
The image adds significantly to the article because it illustrates the subject of the article, Kim Il-sung.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:29, 28 August 2006	194×257 (45 KB)	AlbertR (Talk \| contribs)
	15:47, 28 July 2006	200×264 (23 KB)	Drhonk (Talk \| contribs)	(http://www.dictatorofthemonth.com/Sung/kimilsung.jpeg)