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[edit] Fair use for Invasion of Goa

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 is a historically significant photo of an unidentified Portuguese officer surrendering to LT Col Sucha Singh in a captured military camp in Goa shortly after cessation of hostilities.
The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
The photograph features an officer of a defeated force surrendering to victorious army shortly after cessation of hostilities. Since the photo has been taken inside of a secure military facility it is unlikely that other images may exist that feature this historic event.

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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 "Goa Liberation" :

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	11:54, 20 January 2008	1,000×663 (56 KB)	Tigerassault (Talk \| contribs)	(=== Fair use for Goa Liberation === 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 is a historically significant photo of a)