File:Actor Hal Osmond.jpg

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Postcard of actor Hal Osmond for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Osmond
Author or copyright owner	Unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Unknown Immediate source: Available from https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hal-Osmond-1902-1959-British-Film-TV-Actor-Real-Photograph-Postcard/254343772101?hash=item3b3811f7c5:g:cuIAAOSwIXZdZtCK
Date of publication	Unknown
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Hal Osmond
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free equivalent exists that would effectively identify the individual in question. Free images are not available as the actor worked in the copyrighted media of theatre, film and TV. A replaceable free photo for this individual is impossible as he is deceased.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	a / The image is of sufficient res. for the article and for identification purposes, but lower res. than the original image. b / It is the sole intended image for the article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The copy is of sufficient res. for commentary and I.D., but lower res. than the original. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as pirate versions or other uses that would compete with any commercial purpose of the original postcard image.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: December 1959 Image is important to illustrate/provide visual info. for the article. Use of the image in no way violates the copyright holder's legal rights.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Hal Osmond//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Actor_Hal_Osmond.jpgtrue

Licensing

This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Hal Osmond":

to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them,
where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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.
Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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