File:WaxeyGordon.jpg
WaxeyGordon.jpg (332 × 301 pixels, file size: 13 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
This is a mugshot of Jewish American mobster, Waxey Gordon. Obtained image from http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2005/179/6101_112010473488.jpg.
Fair use Rationale[edit]
I believe the photo, courtesy of the New York Police department, falls under fair use as an historically significant photo of a famous individual and used for informational purposes.
Licensing:[edit]
 | This media is a booking photo, more commonly known as a mug shot, normally produced in the regular operations of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility.
Some booking photos (such as those produced by the FBI) are in the public domain, while others may be copyrighted. Laws concerning disclosure of information, data protection and privacy may be applicable, especially as part of a publicly or widely distributed document. In particular, US courts have ruled that the public may not have the right to obtain a copy of a mugshot from the government, but that if obtained, may be published. This template is not a valid license tag alone. Please accompany it with an appropriate license. |
 | This work is copyrighted (or assumed to be copyrighted) and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content § Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content § Audio clips, and it is not covered by a more specific non-free content license listed at Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights. | ||
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| current | 16:04, 6 March 2017 | | 332 × 301 (13 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 16:03, 25 June 2008 | No thumbnail | 675 × 612 (52 KB) | Liberal Humanist (talk | contribs) | This is a mugshot of Jewish American mobster, Waxey Gordon. I believe the photo, which as a booking photo is considered to be in the public domain by US copyright law and is courtesy of the New York Police department, falls under fair use as an hi |
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File usage
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- File:Waxey-Gordon-Image.jpg from Commons
