File:Sex Pistols, August 1975.jpg

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Description	Purportedly the first ever picture of the Sex Pistols, taken in August 1975
Author or copyright owner	Unknown; needs to be identified
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/11/john_cleese_john_lydon_caitlin_doughty_crematory/
Date of publication	August 1975
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Sex Pistols
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): The band as they appeared when they formed
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Only once used early on in the article to depict the Sex Pistols as they looked when starting out
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Other information	It's history in the making; the first ever picture taken of the Pistols.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Sex Pistols//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sex_Pistols,_August_1975.jpgtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:04, 26 January 2018		388 × 256 (22 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	00:15, 26 January 2018	No thumbnail	1,200 × 794 (212 KB)	Heavypsychbro69 (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free work, as object of commentary using File Upload Wizard

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Sex Pistols