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[edit] Fair use rationale for use in the article John Cale

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

It is a significant photo of a John Cale as part of The Velvet Underground in the 1960s.
It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because John Cale's involvement in The Velvet Underground is discussed in the article.
Because the image depicts a band that has since disbanded, there is almost certainly no free equivalent. As the image is from the 1960s, the people in it are now much older and a more recent image of them would not be representative of them in the 1960s and would fail its purpose of identification or commentary.