File:Shannon and mouse.png

Summary

Bell Labs obituary page http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2001/february/26/1.html

Licensing

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The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion as established by these terms of use.

It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:

the person(s), product, event, or subject in question;
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it;
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation;

qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos.

Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.

Fair use

It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual.

It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality)

The photo is only being used for informational purposes.

Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article.

The photo was part of a press release, widely circulated in the public domain through news articles appearing in national newspapers. Dr.K. 23:13, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Claude Shannon
Description	This image is being used to illustrate the article of Claude Shannon and is used for informational or educational purposes only.
Source	Found at Bell Labs website, The photo was part of a press release, widely circulated in the public domain through news articles appearing in national newspapers and books. Its use in Wikipedia is therefore claimed under the Fair use guidelines.
Article	Claude Shannon
Portion used	Entire Picture
Low resolution?	Is low and only as much resolution as necessary to identify and show the person described in the article, not enough to be used for piracy.
Purpose of use	Illustrates the subject of the article Claude Shannon. It is a historically significant photo of a famous individual performing an historic experiment. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article performing an historic experiment.
Replaceable?	No free equivalent is available. The subject of the photograph is deceased, therefore a "new" image can not be created of this person. A free image may not exist, but in the event of a free image being located for this person in the future, this image should be deleted as soon as possible.
Other information	The image is readily available on other websites. Further use of this image on Wikipedia is not believed to disadvantage the copyright holder or degrade its market value.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Claude Shannon//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shannon_and_mouse.pngtrue

File:Shannon and mouse.png

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