File:The Grand Wizard.jpg
The_Grand_Wizard.jpg (318 × 312 pixels, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
[edit]Source and Description
[edit]This is an image of Ernie Roth a.k.a. Abdullah Farouk, The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, who lived from 1929 to 1983. It is from one of Pro Wrestling Illustrated's predecessor magazines, hosted at the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame website with PWI's permission. The image is undated by either PWI or WWE, but it is assumed that it is from 1972 or 1973, photographer unknown. See copyrights below. As of November 2011, the image is hosted here. As of September 2007, the exact image URL is here.
Fair use rationale on Ernie Roth
[edit]This image is Fair Use in the article on The Grand Wizard of Wrestling, Ernie Roth, because:
- There is no known free equivalent, nor can one be made as Roth has been deceased since 1983. This image may be replaceable by a free image should one be found, and in such a case the free image must take precedence and this image must be deleted.
- It depicts the subject discussed in the article, Ernie Roth. The photo is only being used for informational purposes and helps contribute to encyclopedic content.
- It is a low resolution copy of the original image. It does not limit the copyright owners' rights, and has no unresolvable problems with the Wikipedia:Image use policy.
- This image shall not be used outside of the article namespace, and its use shall only be in line with the fair use rationale outlined above.
Modifications
[edit]This image has been modified from its originally uploaded version, located here. The image has been altered to remove white borders on the left and right hand sides of the image and desaturated from the modified version to restore its black-and-white color profile (see current version).
Licensing and Copyrights
[edit]This image is part of Pro Wrestling Illustrated's photograph library, formerly copyrighted Pro Wrestling Illustrated or one of its predecessor publications / Kappa Publishing Group. As of November 2011, the copyright is owned by Kappa Publishing Group, Inc., all rights reserved.
Licensing
[edit]![]() | This work is copyrighted (or assumed to be copyrighted) and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content § Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content § Audio clips, and it is not covered by a more specific non-free content license listed at Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
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. |
File history
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current | 06:47, 26 December 2017 | ![]() | 318 × 312 (18 KB) | Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
10:28, 21 September 2007 | No thumbnail | 358 × 352 (88 KB) | Jeffrey O. Gustafson (talk | contribs) | Desaturated to restore color profile. |
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