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Fair Use Rationale in the article Linda Ronstadt

1. It is a low resolution
2. It is a historically significant photo of famous individual
3. 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."  [2]
4. 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.
5. No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information in a historical context.
6. It is only used to identify what the subjects looked like
7. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original.
8. This is a non-profit organization and we do not profit from the use of this image

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