File:Messer.jpeg

Summary

author: Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Source: Virginia Sports Hall of Fame URL: https://vasportshof.com/inductee/frank-messer/ Fair use

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Yankees broadcaster Frank Messer
Author or copyright owner	Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	vasportshof.com
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Frank Messer
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To Illustrate Messer
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Non-replaceable, Messer died in 2001 and there are no free images of him on the web
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image will only be used to illustrate the subject in question (Frank Messer) on the article about him.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Since Messer died in 2001, and there are no available free images of him on the web, a nonfree equivalent is the only option. This image doesn't interfere with any marketing, since it will only be a photo of him, and has previously been published.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Frank Messer//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messer.jpegtrue

Licensing

This photograph is copyrighted and is NOT under a free license. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

to provide visual identification of one or more specific individual(s), or an identifiable gathering of them,
where the individual(s) concerned are deceased, or where access would for practical purposes be impossible,
and for whom there is no known representation under a 'free' license,
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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
Fair use

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