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Description	The "Vaillancourt Fountain" at Justin Herman Plaza in downtown San Francisco, California. The monument, created by Quebec-born sculptor Armand Vaillancourt is nickaned "Québec libre!" because its creator graffitied it on the eve of its unveiling, in 1971.
Source	Wikipedia image, later transferred to WikiCommons
Date	2006-05-07
Author	Of photograph: Wikipedia user Enoch Lai; of sculpture: Armand Vaillancourt
Permission (Reusing this file)	Although the original Wikipedia image is released under a GNU Free Documentation License style license, the image can only be used under the fair-use provisions on Wikipedia, because it is a photograph of a copyrighted work (and could thus be considered derivative), where the original work is situated in a jurisdiction that does not recognise freedom of panorama.
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Description	The Vaillancourt Fountain in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, California
Source	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaillancourt_Fountain,_Justin_Herman_Plaza_%28San_Francisco,_California%29.jpg
Article	Vaillancourt Fountain
Portion used	Entire image
Low resolution?	low and far below photographic resolution of original artwork
Purpose of use	visual illustration of the unique features of the sculpture and fountain, including those elements which are variously viewed as a bold design or a jumbled mess, thus accounting for the controversial nature of the work.
Replaceable?	no free image available that does not have freedom of panorama issues
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