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Andre the Giant has a posse sticker. Taken by user 'theinfo' in Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York, 2004. The sticker was on the front of a Stop sign.

Summary

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Andre the Giant Has a Posse
Description

Entitled "Andre the Giant Has a Posse”, this photo displays the sticker made famous by a street art campaign.

Source

Drawn by artist Shepard Fairey, photographed by user 'theinfo' in Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York, 2004

Article

Andre the Giant Has a Posse

Portion used

Sticker is used in full, surrounded by non-content space.

Low resolution?

The resolution is not of commercial/professional quality.

Purpose of use

used here for non-commercial purposes, to enrich the encyclopedic understanding of the figure.

Replaceable?

None, the image itself has achieved acclaim and is the only way of being able to accurately describe the drawings/stickers, which were found all over, and were non-commercial in nature --- Wikipedia allows Fair Use for images with iconic status or historical importance: As subjects of commentary.

Other information

See Specific Fair Use rationale below

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Andre the Giant Has a Posse//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AndreTheGiantSticker.giftrue

Fair use --- RATIONALE

  • No free equivalent - Non-free content is allowed to be used where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose - as is the case with this photo of the sticker.
  • Respect for commercial opportunities - Non-free content is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media. Using this image does not do that as this image is not for sale independently. If anything it increases the chances that someone may see it, and gain interest in the life and work of the artist, which could bring commercial opportunities for him, and as was stated previously, this was not a commercial interest for him, but something he considered to be "an experiment".
  • Minimal extent of use - Only 1 drawing from this artist is used.
  • Content - It meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
  • One-article minimum - Only article this image is used in and its presence significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, with its omission being detrimental to that understanding.--65.219.211.81 (talk) 06:25, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

File history

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current05:33, 3 January 2005Thumbnail for version as of 05:33, 3 January 2005285 × 242 (16 KB)Theinfo (talk | contribs)Andre the Giant has a posse sticker

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