Summary
[edit]| Description |
small illustration of comic strip title |
|---|---|
| Source |
Deflocked web site www.deflocked.com |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
excerpt |
| Low resolution? |
Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction |
| Purpose of use |
Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article |
| Replaceable? |
Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist. |
| Other information |
Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because: It is a low resolution copy of a comic, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product; The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic; Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic; The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as a comic strip, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject; |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Deflocked//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deflocked.JPGtrue | |
Licensing:
[edit]- the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
- or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
- where no free alternative exists or can be created,
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.