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[edit] Licensing

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.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that has been used by national-socialist organizations. The use of characteristic insignia of organizations that are outlawed in Germany (like the swastika of the Nazi Party) may be illegal in Germany, depending on context, under §86a of the German criminal code (StGB). Similar regulations are in effect in Austria, France (Art. R645-1 C. pén.) and Hungary (§269/B Btk). This image is used on Wikipedia for the purposes of education and information.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Forest swastika
Description	A swastika made of larch trees in a pine forest in Brandenburg, Germany.
Source	© Reuters, November 2000. Duplicated across a number of news sites, see references of article.
Article	Forest swastika
Portion used	Whole image
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	The article in question is about the image produced by this specific arrangement of trees, and discussion cannot be made without reference to the original work.
Replaceable?	No free or public domain images have been located for the subject of the article. Due to the felling of the trees by the German government, no further photographs can be taken as a free-license alternative.
Other information	The image is of lower resolution than the original photograph (copies made from it will be of inferior quality). The use of this image does not limit the copyright owners' rights or ability to distribute the photograph in any way. The image is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the value of the original photograph or its copyright in any way.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:26, 9 March 2006	212×168 (16 KB)	GeeJo (Talk \| contribs)	(Remove reuters tag.)
	11:24, 9 March 2006	220×168 (14 KB)	GeeJo (Talk \| contribs)	(Zoom out a bit to place in context.)
	11:04, 9 March 2006	300×180 (13 KB)	GeeJo (Talk \| contribs)	(Image © Reuters, Berlin. It is believed that this image can be shown under fair-use guidelines in the English Wikipedia for the following reasons. 1. The article in question is about an image, and discussion cannot be made without reference to the or)