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Image of Erich Kästner (World War I veteran).

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

It illustrates an educational article about the subject.
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification.
It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the image.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value, as the subject is dead.

Original source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7210346.stm

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 "Erich Kästner (World War I veteran)" :

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	10:50, 26 January 2008	199×288 (10 KB)	Neil (Talk \| contribs)	(Image of Erich Kästner (World War I veteran). Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because: # It illustrates an educational )
	10:47, 26 January 2008	203×300 (10 KB)	Neil (Talk \| contribs)	(Image of Erich Kästner (World War I veteran). Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because: # It illustrates an educational )