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This image does not violate Wikipedia's first fair use image criterion because this image serves to illustrate an article about a fictional character that is owned and copyrighted by NBC and you can't publish an image of copyrighted intellectual property and have that image be free. There, that's why it doesn't violate the criterion. VolatileChemical 05:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- Since the character does not look different from the actor (no heavy makeup etc.) there's no reason the character couldn't be illustrated with a free image of the actor. And the image is certainly replaceable in the article on the actor, whence I am now removing it. —Angr 11:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
- Uh, what do you mean, there's no reason the character couldn't be illustrated with a free image of the actor? If we use an image of the character, we're saying, "Here's exactly what the character looks like." If we use an image of the actor, we're saying, "Here's what the character looks like, only imagine him with kind of different hair, and wearing scrubs, and not looking at the camera, and with different makeup, and in a hospital instead of an awards show." That's the reason. Just saying. VolatileChemical 07:28, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
- Keep I'm with VolatileChemical here, the point of the image is to illustrate a specific character, not the actor. As VC says, a photograph of the actor with different clothing and context is not a suitable replacement. Unless the actor is prone to wandering around in real hospitals in costume, a free image is not terribly plausible. — Alan De Smet | Talk 02:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
- Keep, as above, no need to bore you and go through it all again. --Fuelboy 18:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Tags removed; the image of the fictional character simply cannot be replaced by a free-use image. That said, I wholeheartedly agree that this image should not be used to illustrate Zach Braff's article. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
