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Fair use. This photo is the most widely published photo of B.L. Whorf appearing on several internet sites and books that mention him. It is used courtesy of: Benjamin Lee Whorf Papers. Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University Library.

It comes from the Yale research library digital. Their copyright policy can be found at: archive.http://mssa.library.yale.edu/madid/.

It states that:

As a contribution to education and research, Manuscripts and Archives is offering broad public access to the Manuscripts and Archives Digital Images Database (MADID).

Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.

The Fair User rationale is:

• It is used for a non-commercial and hopefully educational purpose.
• It is not possible to obtain a free copy.
• It is not possible to obtain a new photo of said person, 'cause he's dead.
• It should not affect the commercial viability of the copyright.

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: To illustrate the subject in question Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information 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 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Lee_Whorf.jpg true

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