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Smokey Bear's debut poster, released on August 9, 1944.

From: http://smokeybear.com/vault/museum_main.asp

Smokey Bear's image and name is covered in the USA by a special law, the Smokey Bear Act. Unlike most Federal government work, it is not in the public domain. Non profit use is allowed.

The rationale for the use of this image is fair use. It is both a unique historic image and a non-free poster:

This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this Image

to illustrate the event or historically notable person(s) in question where:
The image depicts a non-reproducible historic event or historically notable person(s), and no free alternative exists or can be created, and
The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale.

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This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters

to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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 for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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current	20:40, 13 May 2007	316×388 (25 KB)	Fanra (Talk \| contribs)	(Smokey Bear's debut poster, released on August 9, 1944. From: http://smokeybear.com/vault/museum_main.asp Smokey Bear's image and name is covered in the USA by a special law, the Smokey Bear Act. Unlike most government work, it is not in the public do)