File:Ruth Lessing-2.jpg

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Ruth Lessing
Description	Image of Ruth Lessing
Source	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Website – All-Time Players Roster
Article	Ruth Lessing
Portion used	Entire
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	It is only being used to illustrate the article in question
Replaceable?	It is an old picture showing a woman professional baseball player - No free equivalent could reasonably be obtained or created to replace this media
Other information	The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be a fair use, since it is used solely for educational purposes in a not-for-profit encyclopedia, is necessary for cultural and historical purposes, and the material value of the possible copyright is not believed to be lessened by its use here It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the baseball player in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107) It is a low resolution copy It is only being used to illustrate the article in question The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future Owing to the limited web-resolution of the image, only a small portion of a copyrighted work is used It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the image in any way For the same reasons, the portion of the copyrighted work used is of inherently lower quality than the original, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Ruth Lessing//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ruth_Lessing-2.jpgtrue