SmithsPromoPhoto_TQID_1985.jpg (395 × 252 pixels, file size: 17 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
 | 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.  Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale must be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.
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| 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). |
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| Source |
Scanned promotional photograph |
| Article | |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
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| Source |
Scanned promotional photograph |
| Article | |
| 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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| current | 06:02, 12 June 2014 | | 395 × 252 (17 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 20:00, 5 August 2006 | No thumbnail | 500 × 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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