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Publicity photo of The Notorious B.I.G.. Source: [1]. Higher resolution version of publicity photo from The Notorious B.I.G.'s Official Myspace

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "The Notorious B.I.G.":

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia ([2]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([3]),

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:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

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[edit] Fair use for The Notorious B.I.G.

This image, The_Notorious_BIG.JPG, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (Laalaaa 23:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

The image is a promotional photo created by Bad Boy Records, and intended for wide distribution.
No free or public domain images have been located for the subject.
The image is of lower resolution and quality than the original photo and any copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
The photograph is being used for informational purposes only

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(del) (cur) 23:31, 5 February 2007 . . Laalaaa (Talk | contribs) . . 242×330 (23,932 bytes) (larger version)
(del) (rev) 23:28, 5 February 2007 . . Laalaaa (Talk | contribs) . . 150×200 (6,329 bytes) (Source: [profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=29597949 Official Myspace])
(del) (rev) 23:02, 5 February 2007 . . Laalaaa (Talk | contribs) . . 320×246 (17,261 bytes) (Publicity photo of The Notorious B.I.G. from [http://www.atlanticrecords.com/notoriousbig/about/popup.jsp?photogallery=31600007&number=1 Atlantic Records] {{fairusein|The Notorious B.I.G.}} == Fair use for Tupac Shakur == This image, The_Notori)