File:Kent State massacre.jpg: Difference between revisions

Description: Mary Ann Vecchio gestures and screams as she kneels by the body of a student, Jeffrey Miller, lying face down on the campus of Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio. On publication, the image was retouched to remove the fencepost above Vecchio's head.
Source: © 1970 Valley News-Dispatch
Date: 1970-05-04
Author: John Paul Filo, who was a journalism student at Kent State University at the time.

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo of the event and one of the defining images of the Vietnam War.
   1. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo.
   2. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph," and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. 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.

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo of the subject, in the moment that made her notable
   1. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo.
   2. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph," and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. 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.

5 who ever is reading this is a idiot

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo taken by the subject, the same photograph that won him the Pulitzer Prize.
   1. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo.
   2. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph," and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. 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.

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The use of this file in the article(s) Kent State Shootings, John Filo and Mary Ann Vecchio was reviewed by Kaiba on 03:37, 27 February 2008 (UTC) and deemed likely to meet Wikipedia's policy on non-freely licensed content, because it is thought to meet all criteria as described in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. This file's use on other pages or in different contexts may require additional review at Wikipedia:Files for discussion.