File talk:SingaporeStone-bwphoto.jpg

Non-free fair use justification

The image is not replaceable. The Singapore Stone is displayed at the National Museum of Singapore. For preservation reasons, it is unlikely that visitors to the museum will be permitted to take photographs of it. Therefore, it is also unlikely that an image which does not rely on the doctrine of fair use is easily obtainable.

• The museum allows non-flash photography[1] (their restriction on non commercial use is laughable, since if I take a picture of a PD object I can do with it as I like). Using a propery sensitive camera and the right film, good photos still may be taken[2]. Therefore this image is replaceable if someone wanted to take the time to try to take a good picture at the museum. -N 21:16, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

According to the website of the National Museum of Singapore (go to http://www.nationalmuseum.sg, select "Facilities" and click on "Photography and filming"): "Still photography for private, non-commercial use as a visitor to the Museum is allowed. The use of a flash and tripod is prohibited." Photography for the purpose of Wikipedia is probably not private and non-commercial, because Wikipedia is accessible to the public, and photographs uploaded under the GFDL may be used for commercial purposes. Of course it would be difficult for the museum to control what people do with photographs they have taken at the Museum, but then taking the line that images of artefacts at the Museum are replaceable implicitly encourages people to breach the contractual terms of their entry into the Museum. See User talk:Quadell#Image:SingaporeStone-bwphoto.jpg for a discussion on this. Quadell has asked for further input at Wikipedia:Fair use review#13 July 2007. Cheers, Jacklee 05:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)