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Fair Use Rationale
editThis image is a promotional photo of the Australian band Spencer Tracy. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use because:
- It illustrate an educational article about the band.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
- The image is of lower resolution and quality than the original photo (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
- It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. The band no longer exists so there is no opportunity to take a replaceable image of the band.
- The use of the photo will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original.
- The use of the photo is in good faith, and its inclusion enhances the quality of the article without reducing the commercial value of the photo.
- The image is a publicity photo released by the record label which owns the copyright, intended for wide distribution to promote the band.
- The image is of a band members and content discussed in the text at Spencer Tracy.
- The image's inclusion in the article is important because it illustrates content discussed in the text, the band and its members.
- The image is being used for informational purposes only.
Summary
editSource: Australia Music Online
Licensing
editThis is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion. It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:
qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos. Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license. 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 must 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.
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