Wikipedia:Files for deletion/Replaceable fair use/File:GardarThorCortes.jpg

Deletion of former image at this title
Note: The following archived discussion is about an earlier, now deleted image with the name "GardarThorCortes.jpg", not about the Commons image that currently exists at this title. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 16:30, 30 September 2008 (UTC) 
 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of a fair use image as a replaceable image. Please do not modify it. 

The result was to delete the image.

It is submitted that this image is not replaceable. A freely-licensed image of the subject of the current image, Garðar Thór Cortes, cannot reasonably be found or created unless a photography session is arranged so that photographs can be taken for the purpose of providing illustrations for Wikipedia. It is very difficult to see how such a photography session could be arranged without undue inconvenience on the part of the photographer (who would presumably be an ordinary member of the public rather than a professional), or indeed why Cortes would assent to participating in such a session.

In any case, as is indicated on the image page, fair use of the photograph under the copyright laws of the U.S., and other jurisdictions where applicable, is asserted for the article "Garðar Thór Cortes" for the following reasons:


 * The photograph was specifically released as a promotional photograph on Cortes's official website.
 * An image which does not rely on the doctrine of fair use is very difficult to obtain.
 * The image is smaller and of a lower resolution than the original photograph.
 * No loss of income for the copyright owner can reasonably be expected from the use of the promotional photograph.
 * ''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it.