File:Chris Farley (American actor-comedian).jpg
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Summary[edit]
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| Description |
Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997), American comedian and actor, featured in a NBC promotional photo for Saturday Night Live taken in the 1990s. |
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| Source |
Although the photo is owned by NBC, his image was uploaded from www.celebitchy.com and was downloaded from there. |
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| Portion used |
This is the entire photo. There are no crops, or any other added filters (despite its size change) |
| Low resolution? |
Yes. The image uploaded here on the English Wikipedia is much lower than the one from the original site the image was from, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright. |
| Purpose of use |
It is only being used to illustrate the article in question, and yet it conveys the whole topic and what Chris Farley was most known for doing (being featured on Saturday Night Live. The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be a fair use, since it is used solely for educational purposes in a not-for-profit encyclopedia, is necessary for cultural and historical purposes, and the material value of the possible copyright is not believed to be lessened by its use here. It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the person in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. |
| Replaceable? |
As Chris Farley is now dead since over a decade ago, no free equivalent could reasonably be obtained or created to replace this media. A free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future, possibly another 60 years or so. |
| Other information |
See (17 U.S.C. § 107) for more copyright information. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Chris Farley//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chris_Farley_(American_actor-comedian).jpgtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
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 | 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.
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| 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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