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SmithsPromoPhoto_TQID_1985.jpg (395 × 252 pixels, file size: 17 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Non-free media information and use rationale true for The Smiths
Description

Monochrome promotional photograph used for the release of the album The Queen Is Dead, also used in the inner gatefold of the same album cover in the UK, but not in the USA. The photograph is believed to be copyright 1985, Stephen Wright (the photographer) http://www.wrightphoto.co.uk/ - the UK album itself was originally copyrighted 1986 Rough Trade Records (catalogue now believed to be owned by Warner Music Group).

Source

Scanned promotional photograph

Article

The Smiths

Portion used

Partial (42% of original 10" x 8" image) and cropped of all extraneous detail, including e.g. its original Salford Lads Club background).

Low resolution?

Yes. Copies made from the image will be of very inferior quality compared to the original.

Purpose of use

Header, primary means of visual identification of the subject of the article. Depicts all four original group members together when the group was extant. Article discusses the group's visual imagery, hence the image adds educational value in this respect, and makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article subject that words alone could not express.

Replaceable?

Per Wikipedia:NFCC and above, no free equivalent exists. Group disbanded over 20 years ago and ex-members have repeatedly indicated no intention to reform (see article for citations).

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Smiths//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SmithsPromoPhoto_TQID_1985.jpgtrue
Non-free media information and use rationale true for The Queen Is Dead
Description

Monochrome promotional photograph used for the release of the album The Queen Is Dead, also used in the inner gatefold of the same album cover in the UK, but not in the USA. The photograph is believed to be copyright 1985, Stephen Wright (the photographer) http://www.wrightphoto.co.uk/ - the UK album itself was originally copyrighted 1986 Rough Trade Records (catalogue now believed to be owned by Warner Music Group). The location of the photo is outside Salford Lads' Club in Ordsall, an area of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

Source

Scanned promotional photograph

Article

The Queen Is Dead

Portion used

Partial (42% of original 10" x 8" image) and cropped of all extraneous detail, including e.g. its original Salford Lads Club background).

Low resolution?

Yes. Copies made from the image will be of very inferior quality compared to the original.

Purpose of use

Header, primary means of visual identification of the subject of the article. Depicts all four original group members together when the group was extant. Article discusses the group's visual imagery, hence the image adds educational value in this respect, and makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article subject that words alone could not express.

Replaceable?

Per Wikipedia:NFCC and above, no free equivalent exists. Group disbanded over 20 years ago and ex-members have repeatedly indicated no intention to reform (see article for citations).

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Queen Is Dead//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SmithsPromoPhoto_TQID_1985.jpgtrue

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current06:02, 12 June 2014Thumbnail for version as of 06:02, 12 June 2014395 × 252 (17 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
20:00, 5 August 2006No thumbnail500 × 319 (59 KB)DaveG12345 (talk | contribs){{Promotional}} {{Albumcover}} The image is scanned from a promotional photograph used for the album ''The Queen Is Dead''. It was also used in the inner gatefold of the same album cover. The image depicts the band, and is used here in good faith to i

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