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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Rhodesian Bush War
Description

Two children and a woman, killed at Elim Mission in the Vumba Mountains, Rhodesia, by guerrillas during the Bush War. This photograph shows the bodies of two of the children, Rebecca Evans and Joy McCann, together with one of the women, Mary Fisher.

Source

Rhodesian government police - 1978

Article

Rhodesian Bush War

Portion used

All of the copyrighted work is used

Low resolution?

Low resolution version used.

Purpose of use

Illustrate a massacre that occurred during that war.

Replaceable?

All persons are dead. The scene was accessed by police only due to the fact it was a crime scene. It illustrates the civil war that occurred at the time.

Other information

Given that its crown copyright there is limiting of commercial revenue by using the photograph.

The Copyright Act of 1976 sets out four factors to qualify for fair use:
1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
-This photo is to be used to illustrate an atrocity. It is used in the Rhodesian Bush War article. It is for non commercial purposes.
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
-It is Crown copyright.
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
-It is a low resolution image. The image used in the article is scaled down even further.
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. -Since the photo can be distributed for free the distributing for free in Wikipedia does not negate its economic value.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Rhodesian Bush War//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victims_of_the_Vumba_Massacre,_1978.jpgtrue
Description

Two children and a raped women, part of a large group, murdered by nationalist terrorists during the Bush War

Source

Rhodesian government police - 1978

Article

History of Rhodesia (1965–79)

Portion used

All of the copyrighted work is used

Low resolution?

Low resolution version used.

Purpose of use

Illustrate a massacre that occurred during that war.

Replaceable?

All persons are dead. The scene was accessed by police only due to the fact it was a crime scene. It illustrates the civil war that occurred at the time.

Other information

Given that its crown copyright there is limiting of commercial revenue by using the photograph.

The Copyright Act of 1976 sets out four factors to qualify for fair use:
1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
-This photo is to be used to illustrate an atrocity. It is used in the History of Rhodesia (1965–79) article. It is for non commercial purposes.
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
-It is Crown copyright.
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
-It is a low resolution image. The image used in the article is scaled down even further.
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. -Since the photo can be distributed for free the distributing for free in Wikipedia does not negate its economic value.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of History of Rhodesia (1965–79)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victims_of_the_Vumba_Massacre,_1978.jpgtrue
Non-free media information and use rationale true for Vumba massacre
Description

Two children and a woman, killed at Elim Mission in the Vumba Mountains, Rhodesia, by guerrillas during the Bush War. This photograph shows the bodies of two of the children, Rebecca Evans and Joy McCann, together with one of the women, Mary Fisher.

Source

Rhodesian government police - 1978

Article

Vumba massacre

Portion used

All of the copyrighted work is used

Low resolution?

Low resolution version used.

Purpose of use

Illustrate a massacre that occurred during that war.

Replaceable?

All persons are dead. The scene was accessed by police only due to the fact it was a crime scene. It illustrates the civil war that occurred at the time.

Other information

Given that its crown copyright there is limiting of commercial revenue by using the photograph.

The Copyright Act of 1976 sets out four factors to qualify for fair use:
1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
-This photo is to be used to illustrate an atrocity. It is used in the Rhodesian Bush War article. It is for non commercial purposes.
2. the nature of the copyrighted work;
-It is Crown copyright.
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
-It is a low resolution image. The image used in the article is scaled down even further.
4. the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. -Since the photo can be distributed for free the distributing for free in Wikipedia does not negate its economic value.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Vumba massacre//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Victims_of_the_Vumba_Massacre,_1978.jpgtrue

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:29, 20 October 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:29, 20 October 2017394 × 253 (34 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
01:40, 28 November 2016No thumbnail500 × 322 (45 KB)Hohum (talk | contribs)Contrast / greyscale
16:33, 9 May 2007No thumbnail500 × 322 (40 KB)Custodiet ipsos custodes (talk | contribs)

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