Purpose is for visual identification of one of the 2 individuals this whole article is in relation to. It is intended to populate the infobox of the article related to the crimes committed by Roy Norris & Lawrence Bittaker. The other fair use reasons for the usage of this cropped, black and white (original is color), low quality image upon the article in question can be found here
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)
* This image dates from prior to subjects arrest and was taken in summer of 1979; no historical free images exist. Image can be described as irreplaceable.
This image has also been widely distributed outside of Wikipedia in a much greater size than this cropped 192 x 209 image, and in greater quality. In addition, the original image is color.
* Portion of original image is to be used in infobox of article as opposed to whole image.
Original owner of image was actually the subject himself, who has been behind bars since November of 1979.
Image is cropped and measures 192 x 209
Image is of a low resolution quality, making and commercial use highly unlikely
It is believed the intention to use this image is within the guidelines under the 'Non-profit clause', of the US Fair Usage doctrine, within the English Language Wikipedia.
This image of Roy L. Norris has already been reproduced extensively by the media relating to the crimes of this individual, since 1980 (original publication shown here). This image has been widely distributed outside of Wikipedia in much greater sizes, better visual quality, in addition to in color. No free alternative exists. (NFCC4)
This low quality, cropped reproduction photograph can be reasonably described as "irreplaceable" and meets the Non-free content criteria outlined.
As explained above, image has no free equivalent; therefore meeting the Wikipedia guideline (NFCC1)
The intended content of this reduced size, low quality, 192 X 209 image is not intended for use in a manner detrimental in any way to the original copyrighted media (NFCC2)
This image is to be used solely in the infobox upon the Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris article (NFCC3)
The image is pertinent to a significant section of this article. Encyclopaedic depiction of individual to whom whole article is in relation to (NFCC5)
Relevant to the section in question and would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic. Plus as stated above, the image will be used in this article only (NFCC6 & NFCC7)
Specific name given to the file, plus the specific nature of the acts committed by this individual, and in addition to the low quality of the image, make any ambiguous usage of the image unlikely (NFCC9)
Date and original source of the image has been named. This meets the Non free use rationale guidelines outlined by Wikipedia (NFCC10)
In addition to the non-free use assertion shown on this page, the copyright holder has granted permission for this image to be used in Wikipedia. This permission does not extend to third parties.
This tag must be used in conjunction with another non-free use image tag. If no other tag is present on this page, and this image was uploaded after May 19, 2005, please speedily delete this image or tag it with {{db-f3}}.
To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
Usage of this image upon only the English-language version of Wikipedia, to illustrate the infobox of the article relating to the person depicted falls under the "educational", "Non-profit" and "portion used in relation to the copyrighted work" clauses of the Fair Use principle, currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107)
To support encyclopaedic discussion in relation to individual whom whole article is about.
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This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the imageor the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
Please remember that the non-free content criteriarequire that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy).
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