File:BUAVCambridge2.jpg

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Description: A marmoset after being brain damaged inside Cambridge University, filmed undercover in 1998 by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV).

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Copyright: BUAV

Rationale for use in Cambridge University primates[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. The image depicts a non-reproducible event, where BUAV went undercover into Cambridge University laboratories, and took film of experiments being conducted on non-human primates and presented the material to the High Court in London. There is no free equivalent that would illustrate that event.
  2. It is of much resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
  3. It has no commercial value.
  4. We have no reason to believe the copyright holder would object.
  5. The image is being used for informational purposes in an article about that event.
  6. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to it because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion.

Rationale for use in Animal testing on non-human primates[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by U.S. fair use laws and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies because:

  1. The image depicts a non-reproducible event, where BUAV went undercover into Cambridge University laboratories, and took film of experiments being conducted on non-human primates and presented the material to the High Court in London. There is no free equivalent that would illustrate that event.
  2. It is of lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
  3. It has no commercial value.
  4. We have no reason to believe the copyright holder would object.
  5. The image is being used for informational purposes in a section of an article summarizing that event, as an example of non-human primate testing.
  6. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the relevant section because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in that section.

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current01:42, 8 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 01:42, 8 October 2006239 × 260 (12 KB)SlimVirgin (talk | contribs){{HistoricPhotoRationale}} A marmoset after being brain damaged, filmed undercover by BUAV inside Cambridge University, taken from [http://www.buav.org/zerooption/index.html]. Fair use is claimed because the images have no commercial value; they are
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