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Fair use for 'Scottsboro Boys' Article

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Though this image is from a web site subject to copyright, I feel its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. The web page says the author of that web site, a law professor, does not own the photo, has the permission of no one to use it and posts it himself under a "fair use" rationale.
  2. It is a photograph of a famous historical event that took place in public in the very famous Scottsboro Boys case.
  3. Author unknown. Found at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_CROWD.jpg
  4. The photo is being used to show the size and character of this mob, especially important to the article on the Scottsboro Boys that talks about the mob in that photo extensively.
  5. The photo proves that such a mob did exist, notwithstanding the ruling of the Alabama Supreme Court that there was no proof that it did.
  6. The photo is of very low resolution.
  7. This photo is for use in the article on the Scottsboro Boys in which case the existence of this mob plays a key role.

The license would be fair-use for persons who are dead and are assembled in a public place

Description

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A front-on view of the mob that gathered in front of the Jackson County, Alabama Court House, at the time of trialsof the Scottsboro Boys in Scottsboro in 1931 which shows the size and character of that mob and proves that it did exist, notwithstanding the fact that the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that there was no proof of its existence.

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current07:26, 26 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 07:26, 26 January 2017285 × 348 (30 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
20:51, 5 February 2009No thumbnail866 × 1,060 (230 KB)Springfieldohio (talk | contribs)===Fair use for 'Scottsboro Boys' Article=== Though this image is from a web site subject to copyright, I feel its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: #The web page says the author of that web site, a law professor, does not own the photo, h

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