File:H.W.A..jpg
Licensing
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Fair use
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| Description |
Photograph of the American hip hop group HWA. |
|---|---|
| Source | |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Entire work. |
| Low resolution? |
Yes. |
| Purpose of use |
Illustrate the subject in question. |
| Replaceable? |
No, there's no freely-licensed image available and the group is not active no longer. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of HWA (group)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H.W.A..jpgtrue | |