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Fair use rationale in Aleksei Kruchenykh

• This low resolution image of Kruchenykh is used in Aleksei Kruchenykh, an article about the artist and his work.
• He is an historic artist and this image adds value and information to the articles.
• Images of this artist are hard to come by, but necessary to place him within a recognisably bohemian millieu. It is considered that this will not cause commercial harm to the copyright holder. It is believed that this is fair use and does not infringe copyright.
• There is no known free alternative available.
• 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, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.[1] The image is used for non-profit purposes. This factor is noted as relevant by the Act.

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The image, part of a group shot of the Gileia group, was a deliberately controlled promotional photo, and would have been widely distributed in Russia for promotional purposes.