File:Gelek Rimpoche.jpeg

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	black and white photograph of Gelek Rimpoche
Author or copyright owner	JewelHeart.org
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: JewelHeart.org Immediate source: JewelHeart.org
Date of publication	February 2017
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Gelek Rimpoche
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)	Subject founded the organization that posted this photograph, which was used for subject's obituary.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Used to depict subject in article.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	No commercial use. Image was used for the subject's obituary in press worldwide.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: February 15, 2017
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This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Gelek Rimpoche":

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.
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