File:Bob Murphy.jpg
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Summary
Murphy poses at the entrance of the radio booth at Shea Stadium named in his honor. Image captured from New York Mets/MLB tribute page: , 17 May 2006. The image is fair use because it is a historically significant photo that illustrates the main subject of the article (Bob Murphy). This picture is not replaceable by a free content image because the subject is no longer alive.
Fair use for Bob Murphy (announcer)
Though this image is potentially subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual that was released in a New York Mets presser in tribute to Bob Murphy that exhibits his significance not only to the broadcasting community, but to the New York Mets franchise as a whole.
- It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
- The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
- 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.
- This picture is not replaceable by a free content image because the subject is no longer alive.
Licensing
This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
- 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.