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Fair use data and rationales

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Non-free media data
Description

Mary Ann Vecchio gestures and screams as she kneels by the body of a student, Jeffrey Miller, lying face down on the campus of Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio. On publication, the image was retouched to remove the fencepost above Vecchio's head. It is a historically significant photo of the event and one of the defining images of the Vietnam War. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of the image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph", and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."

Source

© 1970 Valley News-Dispatch, immediate source

Date

1970-05-04

Author

John Paul Filo, who was a journalism student at Kent State University at the time

Portion used

Entire image

Low resolution?

Yes. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.

Non-free media rationale for Kent State shootings
Article

Kent State shootings

Purpose of use

Used only for informational purposes. Adds significantly to the article, because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in the article

Replaceable?

No. Iconic image of the subject of the article.

Non-free media rationale for Mary Ann Vecchio
Article

Mary Ann Vecchio

Purpose of use

Used only for informational purposes. Adds significantly to the article, because the article is about one of the two subjects of the photo. The creation of the image and its impact upon the article subject are extensively discussed in the article

Replaceable?

No. This specific image, and its subsequent distribution and use, are the basis of notability for the article subject.

Licensing

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:26, 25 July 2024Thumbnail for version as of 00:26, 25 July 2024364 × 275 (78 KB)Goszei (talk | contribs)Higher quality
04:37, 7 November 2009No thumbnail300 × 238 (19 KB)Ww2censor (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 17:11, 13 August 2007 because fair use requires low resolution which generally is 300px on longest side

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