File:EDSA Revolution pic1.jpg

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Description	An iconic photo of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines in February 1986 showing hundreds of thousands of people filling up Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA). The view is looking northbound towards the Boni Serrano Avenue-EDSA intersection.
Source	Previous publication. This image was published in People Power: The Philippine Revolution of 1986: An eyewitness history, among other historical books.
Date	February 1986
Author	Photo taken by Joey de Vera
Permission (Reusing this file)	This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Please remember that the non-free content criteria require that non-free images on Wikipedia must not "[be] used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media." Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy). Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EDSA_Revolution_pic1.jpg true If this tag does not accurately describe this image, please replace it with an appropriate one. Fair use true

Fair Use Rationale for People Power Revolution[edit]

This is the detailed fair use rationale based on WP:NFCC.

• No free equivalent. The photo represents a specific and unique historical event and was taken more than 20 years ago making a free alternative impossible to create. It is extremely improbable that any photo taken of the event was released under a sufficiently free license.
• Respect for commercial opportunities and Resolution/fidelity. The image is of a very low resolution, cropped from the original size, and does not significantly impact the copyright-holder's rights to the image.
• Previous publication. This image was published in People Power: The Philippine Revolution of 1986: An eyewitness history, among other historican books.
• Content, Media-specific policy, and Significance. The EDSA Revolution is a very important event in the history of the Philippines and the image illustrates an unprecedented peaceful gathering of civilians against a dictatorial government. It was unprecedented because there wasn't an event before where millions of people willingly gathered peacefully against the risk of military action. As such, readers generally have trouble comprehending or visualizing such a large gathering and this photograph neatly captures the impact of the sight of such a gathering and which may have been instrumental in preventing military action on the citizens.
• One-article minimum and Restrictions on location. Used only in People Power Revolution (the event depicted). This image should not be used anywhere else to meet minimal use requirement of WP:NFCC.