Wikipedia Image:
Sankara.jpg

Fair use for Adi Shankara

The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

  1. it is in low resolution (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality)
  2. the painting is only being used for informational purposes.
  3. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article with the accompanying historical figures (viz, Adi Shankara's disciples)[citation needed].

Summary

Source http://in.geocities.com/ammassridhar/index_files/sankara.jpg

artist and ultimate origin of this image are unknown.



Licensing

Copyrighted

This image is of a drawing, painting, print, or other two-dimensional work of art, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the artist who produced the image, the person who commissioned the work, or the heirs thereof. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of works of art

  • for critical commentary on
    • the work in question,
    • the artistic genre or technique of the work of art or
    • the school to which the artist belongs
  • 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, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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.


 
 
 

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