File:Price, Victoria in Decatur 1933.jpg

Fair use for 'Scottsboro Boys' Article[edit]

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 historical figure who was a very famous witness in a public court in the very famous Scottsboro Boys case whom this photo identifies.
3. The witness in that photo has been dead for years.
4. Author unknown. Found at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
5. The photo is being used for identification of the person it depicts, especially important to the article on the Scottsboro Boys that talks about the person in that photo extensively.
6. The photo depicts the sassy demeanor of this witness who could not be shaken on cross examination.
7. This witness is famous for having shot back during her testimony at this trial "You're a pretty good actor yourself."
8. The photo is of very low resolution.
9. This photo is for use in the article on the Scottsboro Boys in which case she was a very crucial figure.

The license would be fair-use for a person who is dead.

Description[edit]

A side view of the very famous Victoria Price, at the time she testified at the trial of the Scottsboro Boys in Decatur in 1933 as she appeared at that time, which the Scottsboro Boys article discusses at great length. Especially noteworthy was her famous response on cross examination at that trial "You're a pretty good actor yourself." This photo shows her widely reported sassy demeanor while she testified.

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