File:Abdulwahid Bidin.jpg

Summary[edit]

This image of this Philippine public official is found in a .gov.ph website which is a public domain.
.gov.ph website: http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/former_justice5.htm

Licensing[edit]

This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work: 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. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abdulwahid_Bidin.jpg true

	This work is a product of the government of the Republic of the Philippines. Republic Act 8293 forbids the use of government works for commercial purposes. This image therefore does not qualify for free use under the terms adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation, and is considered non-free on Wikipedia.

Aside from the claim that this file qualifies for use without permission under fair use, this file is also available under a license that permits educational, personal, or otherwise non-commercial use only. Files available under such terms do not meet the definition of Free Cultural Works as adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation, and are therefore considered non-free on Wikipedia and may only be used under Wikipedia's non-free content policy. This tag must only be used with a non-free license tag and a valid fair use rationale as required by policy.

Fair use in Abdulwahid Bidin[edit]

The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

1. its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article
2. it is a historically significant photo of a famous individual;
3. it is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality)
4. the photo is only being used for informational purposes.
5. there are no free alternative that can be created since the subject is already deceased.