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Description: A marmoset after being brain damaged inside Cambridge University, filmed undercover in 1998 by the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV).
Copyright: BUAV
Rationale for use in Cambridge University primates
editThough this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by U.S. fair use laws because:
- The image depicts a non-reproducible event, where BUAV went undercover into Cambridge University laboratories, and took film of experiments being conducted on non-human primates and presented the material to the High Court in London. There is no free equivalent that would illustrate that event.
- It is of much resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
- It has no commercial value.
- We have no reason to believe the copyright holder would object.
- The image is being used for informational purposes in an article about that event.
- Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to it because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion.
Rationale for use in Animal testing on non-human primates
editThough this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by U.S. fair use laws and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies because:
- The image depicts a non-reproducible event, where BUAV went undercover into Cambridge University laboratories, and took film of experiments being conducted on non-human primates and presented the material to the High Court in London. There is no free equivalent that would illustrate that event.
- It is of lower resolution than the original, and copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
- It has no commercial value.
- We have no reason to believe the copyright holder would object.
- The image is being used for informational purposes in a section of an article summarizing that event, as an example of non-human primate testing.
- Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the relevant section because the photo and its historical significance are the object of discussion in that section.
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| current | 01:42, 8 October 2006 | 239 × 260 (12 KB) | SlimVirgin (talk | contribs) | {{HistoricPhotoRationale}} A marmoset after being brain damaged, filmed undercover by BUAV inside Cambridge University, taken from [http://www.buav.org/zerooption/index.html]. Fair use is claimed because the images have no commercial value; they are |
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