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Non-free / fair use media rationale for The Sphere
Description	Photograph of Fritz Koenig's "The Sphere" as it appeared prior to damage from September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Source	Taken by Mark Lentz, webmaster at nycjpg.com, and published here.
Article	The Sphere
Portion used	All
Low resolution?	1024px
Purpose of use	Illustrate historical appearance of sculpture prior to damage
Replaceable?	Irreplaceable not only due to history, but US law not extending freedom of panorama to statues, sculptures and murals. Any image of this work is inherently derivative, therefore no free image can legally be created of it.

This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) who owns copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:40, 21 July 2005	515×378 (58 KB)	Daniel Case (Talk \| contribs)	(Used with the permission of Mark Lentz, webmaster at [www.nycjpg.com nycjpg.com] {{CopyrightedFairUse}})