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Summary[edit]

http://www.seamusonline.org/max.html It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual.

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 it shows the subject of this article involved in a historic new invention. Picture cannot be created because it shows Max Mathews playing an electric violin of his own invention. Picture is historic because it depicts Max Mathews, a pioneer of digital music, in an early example of sound sampling. This is a historic moment that cannot be replicated or repeated

The photo was part of a press release, widely circulated in the public domain through news articles appearing in national newspapers. Dr.K. 08:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Licensing[edit]

Fair use rationale[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Max Mathews
Description

Found at http://www.seamusonline.org/max.html It is the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US and is used for informational or educational purposes only.

Source

Found at http://www.seamusonline.org/max.html Its copyright is owned by the website or the photographer. As such the picture is claimed under fair use.

Article

Max Mathews

Portion used

Entire picture

Low resolution?

Is low and only as much resolution as necessary to identify and show the person described in the article, not enough to be used for piracy.

Purpose of use

Illustrates the article Max Mathews. No free equivalent is possible.

Replaceable?

No free equivalent is available but if one can be obtained this picture should be replaced as soon as possible. Picture cannot be created because it shows Max Mathews playing and sampling the violin using an IBM 704. There is no more lab with an IBM 704 to take any more pictures. Picture is historic because it depicts a historic moment in the sampling of sound using digital signal processing. It shows Max Mathews, a pioneer of digital music, in an early example of sound sampling. This is a historic moment that cannot be replicated or repeated

Other information

Image in this form is already widely distributed and has appeared widely so we degrade no market value by providing it ourselves.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Max Mathews//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mathews84Violin.PNGtrue

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current08:10, 19 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 08:10, 19 March 2006315 × 188 (55 KB)Dr.K. (talk | contribs)http://www.seamusonline.org/max.html It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual. 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 pu
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