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Summary

Mary Ann Vecchio gestures and screams as she kneels by the body of a student, Jeffrey Miller, lying face down on the campus of Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio, on May 4, 1970. Original photograph by John Paul Filo of the Valley Daily News and Daily Dispatch of Tarentum and New Kensington, Pennsylvania; on publication, the image was retouched to remove the fencepost above Vecchio's head.

Fair use rationale for Kent State Shootings

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo of the event and one of the defining images of the Vietnam War.
   1. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo.
   2. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph," and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. 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.

Fair use rationale for Mary Ann Vecchio

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo of the subject, in the moment that made her notable
   1. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo.
   2. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph," and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. 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.

Fair use rationale for John Filo

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a historically significant photo taken by the subject, the same photograph that won him the Pulitzer Prize.
   1. It is a Pulitzer prize-winning photo.
   2. There exist multiple, non-trivial mentions of image in notable, mainstream sources. For example, CNN describes it as a "famous photograph," and NPR describes it as an "iconic photo."
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The photo is only being used for informational purposes.
4. 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.

Licensing

This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who took the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this Image to illustrate the event or historically notable person(s) in question where: The image depicts a non-reproducible historic event or historically notable person(s), and no free alternative exists or can be created, and The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright, 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. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information. If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

The use of this image in the article(s) Kent State Shootings, John Filo and Mary Ann Vecchio was reviewed by Kaiba on 03:37, 27 February 2008 (UTC) and deemed likely to meet Wikipedia's policy on non-freely licensed content, as it is believed to meet all criteria as described in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. This image's use on other pages or in different contexts may require additional review.

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