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[edit] Fair use in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by Wikipedia's non-free content policies because:

It illustrates an integral part of the story, aiding the reader's comprehension of the article
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the portrait.
It is a low resolution image.
The source and copyright owner (Coris) is cleared listed on this page.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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 "The Picture of Dorian Gray" :

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.

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current	16:57, 26 April 2007	298×446 (36 KB)	Adasta (Talk \| contribs)	(Picture found at: http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060524/060524_dorian_vmed_9a.widec.jpg Believe to be fair use as copyright holder is clearly marked in the picture. It has already been released to publicise the article above which p)