File:Jack Harkness.jpg
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Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) from Torchwood
Fair use rationale for Jack Harkness
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This image, Jackharkness.jpg (cropped from [1]), is being linked here; though the picture is copyright © to the BBC, I Khaosworks (talk • contribs) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use law because:
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- The image is a low-resolution copy of a publicity photograph;
- The image is being used for informational purposes about Jack Harkness, a main character from the television programme Torchwood;
- No more free alternative exists;
- The use of the image in these articles will have no effect on the BBC's commercial use of the image in question.
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qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. 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 must 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 | 23:00, 29 July 2009 | | 253 × 304 (16 KB) | Zythe (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 18:22, 17 December 2007 |
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