File:Rufusthomas72.jpg

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Summary[edit]

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Description	Rufus Thomas in 1972
Author or copyright owner	Stax Records
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: "Did You Heard Me?" LP Immediate source: https://www.discogs.com/Rufus-Thomas-Did-You-Heard-Me/release/887891
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Rufus Thomas
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Thomas has been deceased since 2001, and I've made a concerted effort to find a free alternative.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Infobox only
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	This is a low-res crop, inherently of poorer quality to the source
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 2001
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Rufus Thomas//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rufusthomas72.jpgtrue

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to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them,
where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license,
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 uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:20, 9 April 2021		285 × 320 (97 KB)	Humbledaisy (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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