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The cast of Porgy and Bess photographed by Richard Tucker. Oct. 10, 1935

Courtesy of the Library of Congress [1]

1 Summary
- 1.1 Fair use rationale for Porgy and Bess
- 1.2 Fair use rationale for Musical theatre
2 Licensing

[edit] Summary

[edit] Fair use rationale for Porgy and Bess

This is a low-resolution image;
That cannot be replaced (it is a historic photograph of a famous production that closed long ago);
And is being used as an example of a famous production of the work that is the subject of the article.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Musical theatre

This is a low-resolution image;
That cannot be replaced (it is a historic photograph of a famous production that closed long ago);
And is being used for commentary on the historical place of the subject of the image in the Musical Theatre article.
This is an iconic image of one of the most important works in the development of musical theatre, and so it is of substantial value in the article explanation of the development of musical theatre.

[edit] Licensing

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 articles "Porgy and Bess" and "Musical theatre":

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 ([2]),

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.

This is a unique historical image which cannot be reproduced by other means.

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current	04:47, 1 February 2005	380×305 (58 KB)	Sketchee (Talk \| contribs)	(The cast of Porgy and Bess photographed by Richard Tucker. Oct. 10, 1935 Courtesy of the Library of Congress [http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9809/gershwin.html]<br> {{PD}})