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A publicity photograph of Johannes Heesters, to be found at http://www.always-the-king.de/Tigger3000/UFA/Krekeler-AK-UFA.html , a web site dedicated to Autogrammkarten (autograph cards) of UFA stars.

Heester's card at http://www.always-the-king.de/Tigger3000/UFA/UFA-AKs/Heesters.JPG .

http://www.answers.com/ have obviously copied the image from Wikipedia, so it can also be found at http://www.answers.com/topic/johannes-heesters .

[edit] Fair use rationale

Although Heesters is still alive and a free photograph could be taken today, he looks a bit different 65 years on. To show him at the height of his career, we have to resort to an older image (time travel for Wikipedian photographers has not been greenlighted yet). Although at the time of their publication (1930s and 1940s) reproduction of autograph cards by unauthorised personnel was limited (see inscription in the bottom right-hand corner of the image), even then their sole purpose was publicity. Today, there is no other way of showing Heesters in his younger years, so fair use for this image must be assumed.

In accordance with Wikipedia policy, the image is small and low resolution.

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qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. 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.

Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale should be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.