File:Jane Rhodes as Carmen by Louis Mélancon.jpg

• Description: Jane Rhodes (1929-2011) as Carmen at the New York Metropolitan Opera
• Photographer: Louis Mélancon
• Date: 1960
• Source: http://www.operanews.com/operanews/templates/content.aspx?id=20049

The image linked here is claimed by Wikipedia editor Voceditenore to be used under fair use because:

1. It is an image of a historically significant figure
2. It is low resolution (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality)
3. The image is being used for informational and identificational purposes only and at the head of the article
4. The inclusion of the image adds significantly to the article
5. The subject of the image is deceased, and it is thus believed that there are no free equivalents
6. The image has already been published outside Wikipedia, see Source above (Accessed 9 June 2011)

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 image or 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 criteria require 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). Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jane_Rhodes_as_Carmen_by_Louis_M%C3%A9lancon.jpg true

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. Template:Non-free use rationale 2 may be helpful for stating the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. If this tag does not accurately describe this image, please replace it with an appropriate one. Fair use true