File:172nd Pennsylvania Infantry regimental colors.png
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Summary
[edit]| Description | This is the battle flag of the 172nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, a regiment that fought in the American Civil War from 1862-1863. This image is courtesy of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, which preserves and houses the flag along with other flags of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments at their facility in Harrisburg. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee - http://cpc.state.pa.us |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: Photograph of artifact taken by Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, published online for public gallery Immediate source: http://www.pacivilwarflags.org/regiments/indivFlag.cfm?accsn=1985.300 |
| Date of publication | unknown |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | This file is an image of the battle flag of the 172nd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It will be located in the info box for the page. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
The flag is kept preserved by the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee, or is occasionally loaned out to museums. No other quality images of the original flag in its current, preserved state exist. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | This file will be used in a resolution similar to that of images of other battle flags on other articles, and will only be used for the article of the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The Capitol Preservation Committee states, "Fair use of copyrighted material includes the use of protected materials for noncommercial educational purposes, such as teaching, scholarship, research, criticism, commentary, and news reporting." (http://www.pacivilwarflags.org/home/photoRights.cfm) As the use of this file will be for the purpose of scholarship and open education on the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, the file will fall under fair-use categorization. Furthermore, the CPC's purpose in preserving the flags of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments is to protect them and allow them to be a piece of public cultural heritage. Through use of this file, more of the public will be able to observe this particular piece of history. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:172nd_Pennsylvania_Infantry_regimental_colors.pngtrue | |
Licensing
[edit] | This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) whoever holds copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works. Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright. It is believed that the use of a picture
qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. | ||
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| current | 00:01, 5 February 2021 | | 327 × 305 (199 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 04:03, 4 February 2021 | No thumbnail | 880 × 821 (1.69 MB) | Seanbarnett (talk | contribs) | Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard |
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