File:George Floyd.png
George_Floyd.png (233 × 288 pixels, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/png)
Summary[edit]
| Description | This is a picture of George Floyd in 2016. He was murdered on May 25th, 2020, after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than ten minutes. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
George Floyd |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: Facebook Immediate source: George Floyd's profile on Facebook. |
| Date of publication | 8 October 2016 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | George Floyd |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
This image was created post-1977 and is assumed to be copyrighted, so therefore it can’t be replaced by a free image as no known free image exists, and any other appropriate substitute would also either be copyrighted or assumed to be copyrighted, and would also be subject to the same restrictions as this image is on how it can be used (including the Wikipedia non-free use guidelines). |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | The image is low resolution and only used in one article |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The subject is deceased and the image is simply his profile picture. |
| Other information | The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 25 May 2020 |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of George Floyd//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Floyd.pngtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
 | This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "George Floyd":
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. |
| 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). |
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File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 04:36, 3 June 2020 | | 233 × 288 (102 KB) | EEng (talk | contribs) | crop a bit |
| 00:59, 30 May 2020 | No thumbnail | 314 × 317 (134 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 00:46, 29 May 2020 | No thumbnail | 672 × 680 (503 KB) | Pwhite098 (talk | contribs) | Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard |
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