File:NetBoy panel.png

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale

Description	A panel of Stafford Huyler's NetBoy.
Author or copyright owner	Stafford Huyler
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://twitter.com/therealnetboy/status/494880782708531202
Date of publication	1994-05-01
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	NetBoy
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	The image illustrates what early webcomics looked like, in a time when bandwidth was a real limitation. The image also depicts NetBoy, one of the earliest known webcomics, and a particularly influential one at that. The image is also used in the article on NetBoy itself, in order to illustrate the subject of the article. It is the only non-free image used in the article, and is necessary to show the artstyle, subject matter, and main character of the webcomic.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	There are no free images on Commons for webcomics from the early 1990s. This is really the kind of thing that should be shown to be understood.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	This image is only a single panel of a larger, long-running comic. The image is tiny and of low resolution. The image will be used in multiple articles, though only in the two articles that focus on the history of webcomics and the article on NetBoy itself. Of course, the image will be used only once in said articles.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Other information	Image is also used on List of early webcomics and NetBoy.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of NetBoy//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NetBoy_panel.pngtrue

Licensing

This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that

• 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.
Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NetBoy_panel.png

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Fair use

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