File:Hal Finney (computer scientist).jpg

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	A picture of Hal Finney the computer scientist.
Author or copyright owner	Unknown
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: 14:13, 23 June 2007 according to EXIF Immediate source: http://www.independent.com/obits/2014/sep/02/hal-finney/
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Hal Finney (computer scientist)
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)	The image is not replaceable, as no free images of the subject as an adult were found, and the subject died on August 28, 2014.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Only used in the infobox of the article of the figure in question.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Low resolution reduction via a bot.
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: August 28, 2014
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Hal Finney (computer scientist)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hal_Finney_(computer_scientist).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 Finney (computer scientist)":

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

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