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Description	Publicity photograph of Bill Smitrovich as Inspector Cramer in "The Doorbell Rang," the premiere episode of the A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Source	CD issued by A&E Network (Gina Nocero and Faye Stein, press contacts) with press materials promoting the debut broadcast of "The Doorbell Rang" (April 22, 2001) and the first season of the series
Date	March 26, 2001
Author	John Medland, photographer, for Jaffe/Braunstein Films and the A&E Television Network
Permission (Reusing this image)	Fair use of promotional photo to visually identify the character Inspector Cramer as portrayed by actor Bill Smitrovich in the A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery; for informational purposes only, in the article Nero Wolfe supporting characters

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Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale should be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.

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

This is an image created and uploaded for information purposes only, for visual identification of the Nero Wolfe supporting character Inspector Cramer.
The image is an accurate lower-resolution version of a digital image that was part of a press kit distributed by the producer, which intended promotional use.
This image is of much lower resolution than the original. It cannot be used for high-resolution printing, and any copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
The photograph's inclusion in the article Nero Wolfe supporting characters adds significantly because it visually identifies the actor Bill Smitrovich portraying the character Inspector Cramer in the TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery.
The copyright owner's rights to reproduce the image are not limited in any way.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Nero Wolfe supporting characters
Description	Publicity photograph of Bill Smitrovich as Inspector Cramer in "The Doorbell Rang," the premiere episode of the A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Source	Photograph by John Medland on CD issued by A&E Network (Gina Nocero and Faye Stein, press contacts) with press materials promoting the first season of the series A Nero Wolfe Mystery and the debut broadcast of "The Doorbell Rang" (April 22, 2001)
Article	Nero Wolfe supporting characters
Portion used	Image is not cropped
Low resolution?	500 x 333 pixels at 72 ppi (original is 3574 x 2376 pixels at 300 ppi)
Purpose of use	Informational purposes only, to visually identify Bill Smitrovich in his role as Inspector Cramer in A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Replaceable?	Not replaceable; there is no free version of this image and it cannot be recreated. This is an original 2001 photograph issued by A&E Television Networks to represent Inspector Cramer as portrayed by Bill Smitrovich in "The Doorbell Rang" and in this 2001-02 television series.

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current	19:41, 4 June 2007	500×333 (116 KB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)
	01:46, 27 April 2007	800×532 (267 KB)	WFinch (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information\|Smitrovich-TDR.jpg \|Description = Publicity photograph of Bill Smitrovich as Inspector Cramer in "The Doorbell Rang," the premiere episode of the A&E TV series ''A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' \|Source = CD issued by A&E Network (Gina Nocero and )