File:Death of Manon Dubé.jpg

Death_of_Manon_Dubé.jpg(190 × 232 pixels, file size: 36 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Image depicts Manon Dubé, deceased since January 27, 1978. The sole file usage intention is to illustrate the infobox of the Wikipedia article pertaining to the death of the individual in question.
Author or
copyright owner
Commissioned school portrait photographer, 1977
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Published in La Tribune March 28, 1978

Immediate source: Dossiersnonresolus.com. Direct link to original periodical reproduction here

Date of publication March 28, 1978
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Death of Manon Dubé
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of their biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
No free alternative exists. Subject has been deceased since 1978.

The image used here is of a low resolution quality, 190x232px in size (original image is 733x900px). The low quality, tinted color, skewed and cropped reproduction photograph here can be reasonably described as "irreplaceable," and meets Non-free content criteria. In particular, given the fact this image has been distributed outside of Wikipedia in a much greater quality than here - that no free alternative exists & that the image is significant given the content of the article.

Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) * NFCC3 guidelines: "An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice." The portion of the image used here is cropped from that used upon the source from where the image is taken.
  • Intended reproduced image here is of a lower quality, tinted reproduction of the actual original image (NFCC3).
  • Intended solely for the usage upon one sub-section of article.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
* Image is cropped and skewed, is not intended for use in any manner which can be described as detrimental to the original copyrighted media (NFCC2).
  • Image is of a tinted hue, thus making the quality somewhat inferior to the original.
  • Source of the actual image in question has been named, as has date and source of original publication and the likely original author of the image itself from as well as meeting the criteria outlined, this image meets the Non-free use rationale guidelines outlined by Wikipedia (NFCC10).
  • Image is of a reduced size from the original - 190px x 232px.
  • Unique name given to the file makes any ambiguous usage highly unlikely.
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: January 27, 1978


  • Image has no free equivalent; therefore meeting the Wikipedia guideline (NFCC1)
  • As per the NFCC#4 guidelines: Non-free content must be a work which has been published or publicly displayed outside Wikipedia. (This image has been extensively distributed in much better visual and printed quality since 1978.)
  • Believed that the use of this image upon only the English-language Wikipedia, to illustrate a subsection of the article discussing aspects relating to the person depicted, falls under the "Non-profit, educational" clause of the 'Fair Use' doctrine, currently upheld by U.S. law. (17 U.S.C. § 107.)
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Death of Manon Dubé//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Death_of_Manon_Dub%C3%A9.jpgtrue

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current23:35, 5 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 23:35, 5 October 2022190 × 232 (36 KB)Kieronoldham (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard
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