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From http://www.mk.ru/blogs/idmk/2007/11/03/mk-daily/321819/

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 "George Koval" :

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 for George Koval

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements ofWikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual. )
It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
Koval is dead and so the photo is irreplaceable
The image is from GRU archives and was distributed to promote the military intelligence of Russia/Soviet Union. Publication of the photograph on wikipedia servers does not negatively affect their actions
Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because is allows to identify the subject of the article

Alex Bakharev 09:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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current	09:45, 13 November 2007	195×300 (8 KB)	Alex Bakharev (Talk \| contribs)	(George Koval From http://www.mk.ru/blogs/idmk/2007/11/03/mk-daily/321819/ {{fairusein\|George Koval}})