File:Photo Portrait of Levi Olan.jpg

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Fair use for Levi Olan[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

1. It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual, insofar as it is the only known photographic portrait of him.
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original. Copies made from it will be of very inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it is the only known photographic portrait of him.
5. As the subject is deceased, no free photograph can be created for replacement.

Licensing[edit]

This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Levi Olan": 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 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Photo_Portrait_of_Levi_Olan.jpg true