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Cropped image of Uganda 10 Shilling note depicting Idi Amin.
First added to currency in 1973 according to this.

[edit] Rationale of fair use in the articles Idi Amin and Uganda

The image Uganda-Amin-10-Shillings-cr.jpg is being linked here; though the original picture may be copyrighted. I Ezeu feel it is covered by fair use because:

1. Images of this Shilling note appear in multiple print and electronic media, including websites, books, ensigns etc. printed by the Ugandan Government and other publications in Uganda and internationally – without copyright information
2. The image depicts a historically significant person
3. The image is a scan of an obsolete Ugandan bank note with historical value
4. The image is important to the article, providing an image of Idi Amin
5. There are no known free or public domain photographs of Idi Amin.
6. This image does not limit the rights of the copyright owners, if such do exist, to distribute the original image in any way.
7. The image is used for non-profit and informational purposes only.

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 articles "Idi Amin" and "Uganda": 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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