James_Brown_and_Flames.jpg (330 × 265 pixels, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
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James Brown and the Famous Flames at the Apollo Theater in 1964; photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis.
Fair Use
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Rationale for fair use for James Brown
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- This image is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the musician James Brown.
- According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976: "The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment,...scholarship...is not an infringement of copyright." [1]
- The image is of considerably lower resolution than the original, and it is used for non-profit purposes. These two factors are noted as relevant by the Act.
- No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information in a historical context.
- The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to promote the recording artists or their work in any way.
- The image's inclusion in the article is important because it is the subject of and is discussed in the text.
- The image is being used for informational purposes only.
- The material has previously been published in numerous sources, with higher resolution images available elsewhere.
Licensing
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 | This 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.
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| This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Please remember that the non-free content criteria require that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy). |
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