File:JosephLanza.jpg
JosephLanza.jpg (217 × 300 pixels, file size: 24 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
[edit]This is a mugshot of New York mobster, Joseph Lanza. Obtained image from http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2004/33/21842_1075863732.jpg.
Fair use Rationale
[edit]I believe the photo, which as a booking photo is considered to be in the public domain by US copyright law and is courtesy of the New York Police department, falls under fair use as an historically significant photo of a famous individual and used for informational purposes.
Licensing:
[edit] | This media is a booking photo, more commonly known as a mug shot, normally produced in the regular operations of a law enforcement agency or correctional facility.
Some booking photos (such as those produced by the FBI) are in the public domain, while others may be copyrighted. Laws concerning disclosure of information, data protection and privacy may be applicable, especially as part of a publicly or widely distributed document. In particular, US courts have ruled that the public may not have the right to obtain a copy of a mugshot from the government, but that if obtained, may be published. This template is not a valid license tag alone. Please accompany it with an appropriate license. |
 | This work is copyrighted (or assumed to be copyrighted) and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content § Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content § Audio clips, and it is not covered by a more specific non-free content license listed at Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
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. | ||
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| current | 05:02, 5 July 2008 | | 217 × 300 (24 KB) | Liberal Humanist (talk | contribs) | == Summary == This is a mugshot of New York mobster, Joseph Lanza. I believe the photo, which as a booking photo is considered to be in the public domain by US copyright law and is courtesy of the New York Police department, falls under fair use a |
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