File:Layne Staley and Mad Season.jpg

Promo Photograph of Mad Season, taken by photographer Lance Mercer.

Licensing
Rationale for "fair use" in the article Mad Season :

This image is used for the purposes of criticism and comment on the band Mad Season.

According to section 107 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976:

The fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment,...scholarship...is not an infringement of copyright.

The image is of CONSIDERABLY lower resolution than the original and it is used for non-profit purposes. These two factors are noted as relevant by the Act. The photo does not limit the copyright owners' rights to reproduce the image and no free or public domain images have been located to represent this subject (a photo of the "main" members of the group and of Layne Staley).