File:David-Ruffin-700.jpg
David-Ruffin-700.jpg (360 × 198 pixels, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
David Ruffin in 1970, Promotional shot issued by his then record company, Motown Records. ©1970 Motown Recordsk.
Licensing[edit]
 | This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion. It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:
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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Fair use rationale for David Ruffin[edit]
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It's a low resolution copy of a promotional photo.
- It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell their work in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
- Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork/image.
- The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
- The image is significant because it was used to promote an album.
- Its use has been encouraged by the record label and band as demonstrated by their distribution of this photo.
File history
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| current | 00:23, 2 October 2008 | | 360 × 198 (16 KB) | Endlessdan (talk | contribs) | ==Summary== David Ruffin in 1970, Promotional shot issued by his then record company, Motown Records. ©1970 Motown Records. ==Licensing== {{Non-free promotional |image_has_rationale=yes}} ==Fair use rationale== Though this image is subject to copyright |
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