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[edit] Fair use in P_Devadas

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.

[edit] Licensing

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on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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This file was also uploaded as Image:Devadas.jpg, with different licensing information. Its description from that page is included below.

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Devadas, Telescope, Chennai

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