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Photograph, 1947, Margaret Bourke-White. An aged and abandoned Muslim couple and their grand children sitting by the the roadside on this arduous journey. "The old man is dying of exhaustion. The caravan has gone on," wrote Bourke-White. Downloaded from the BBC Web Site by Fowler&fowler «Talk» 12:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

This image is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired in Pakistan. According to Pakistani copyright laws, all photographs enter the public domain fifty years after they were created, and all non-photographic works enter the public domain fifty years after the death of the creator.

[edit] Fair Use Rationale

Although this image, Old-muslim-couple1947.jpg, may be subject to copyright, I (Fowler&fowler «Talk» 12:59, 19 April 2007 (UTC)) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

it is a low resolution copy of the original;
the image is significant because it is of one of the most famous images of the partition of British India taken by photographer Margaret Bourke-White.
the image is not available in the public domain.
the image being used only in two wikipedia pages Partition of India and is being used only for educational reasons and not for profit;

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 "Partition of India" :

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.

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current	12:59, 19 April 2007	600×400 (84 KB)	Fowler&fowler (Talk \| contribs)	(Photograph, 1947, Margaret Bourke-White. An aged and abandoned Muslim couple and their grand children sitting by the the roadside on this arduous journey. "The old man is dying of exhaustion. The caravan has gone on," wrote Bourke-White. Downloaded from)