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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Witez II
Description	Photo of Arabian stallion Witez II
Source	http://www.arabs-iowa.com/Witez_II--4.jpg
Article	Witez II
Portion used	all
Low resolution?	yes
Purpose of use	To illustrate Wikipedia article about the famous horse that is the subject of the photograph
Replaceable?	All images of this horse have uncertain copyright status and are widely distributed on the internet
Other information	Owner of web site claims copyright for the web design, no copyright information available on image itself, may possibly be public domain.

[edit] Fair use for Witez II

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

It is a historically significant photo of a famous horse (Sources: http://www.arabs-iowa.com/Witez_II--4.jpg ; http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/education_bloodlines_polish.asp
It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in the article.
The horse died over 40 years ago and images of him are widely distributed on the internet with origins uncertain. This image MIGHT be public domain.

This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit.

The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.

It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:

the person(s), product, event, or subject in question
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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

Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.

Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale should be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.

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current	04:49, 24 October 2007	518×420 (38 KB)	Montanabw (Talk \| contribs)	({{Non-free use rationale \|Article=Witez II \|Description=Photo of Arabian stallion Witez II \|Source=http://www.arabs-iowa.com/Witez_II--4.jpg \|Portion=all \|Low_resolution=yes \|Purpose=To illustrate Wikipedia article about the famous horse that is the subje)