File:Bob Murphy.jpg
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Summary[edit]
Murphy poses at the entrance of the radio booth at Shea Stadium named in his honor. Image captured from New York Mets/MLB tribute page: http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/mlb/news/tributes/obit_bob_murphy.jsp, 17 May 2006. The image is fair use because it is a historically significant photo that illustrates the main subject of the article (Bob Murphy). This picture is not replaceable by a free content image because the subject is no longer alive.
Fair use for Bob Murphy (announcer)[edit]
Though this image is potentially subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual that was released in a New York Mets presser in tribute to Bob Murphy that exhibits his significance not only to the broadcasting community, but to the New York Mets franchise as a whole.
- It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
- The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
- Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in the article.
- This picture is not replaceable by a free content image because the subject is no longer alive.
Licensing[edit]
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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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File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 01:19, 30 May 2017 | | 422 × 236 (13 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 14:27, 17 May 2006 | No thumbnail | 682 × 382 (31 KB) | Riphamilton (talk | contribs) | Murphy poses at the entrance of the radio booth at Shea Stadium named in his honor. |
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