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[edit] Summary

Virginia State Police officials have provided this official photo of Cho Seung-Hui, the man law enforcement officials identify as the killer at Virginia Tech. Cho was a 23-year-old student of Korean descent who lived on campus.

[edit] Licensing

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Seung-Hui Cho" :

To illustrate the subject in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

Source: Fox News / AP / Virginia State Police

"An undated photo of Cho Seung-Hui released by the Virginia State Police."

[edit] Fair use rationale for Seung-Hui Cho

This is one of the only known images of Cho Seung-hui, a public figure
Including the image adds significantly to the articles on Seung-Hui Cho because it identifies the perpetrator.
As Cho is now deceased, obtaining a free image will probably be impossible.
This photograph was released by the Virginia State Police, the original source credited by the numerous news organizations publishing the image. Therefore, the usual reason for not using photos from news organizations (avoiding direct competition, which could jeopardize fair use) does not apply here. Instead, the same fair use rationale applies as with {{mugshot}}.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	21:39, 17 April 2007	350×450 (27 KB)	David Levy (Talk \| contribs)	(better version)
	19:28, 17 April 2007	306×245 (21 KB)	Lmcelhiney (Talk \| contribs)	(This is the version released by the Virginia State Police.)
	19:22, 17 April 2007	163×199 (8 KB)	MoRsE (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == Virginia Tech officials have provided this official photo of Cho Seung-Hui, the man law enforcement officials identify as the killer at Virginia Tech. Cho was a 23-year-old student of Korean descent who lived on campus. Sources tell ABC News)