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Summary

Phyllis Frelich and John Rubinstein in a promotional photo from the Broadway play "Children of a Lesser God"

Rationale

This is a low-resolution reproduction of a publicity photo from the play Children of a Lesser God for use in the article Children of a Lesser God (play). Fair use is indicated when a photo, created for promotional purposes, is used in direct regard to the subject and in a noncommercial venue and for educational purposes. Use of photo here does not detract in any way to commercial value of original photo. J. Van Meter 09:44, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Licensing

This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit.

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It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:

the person(s), product, event, or subject in question;
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it;
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation;

qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos.

Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.

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