File:PostPet characters.png

Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	A group shot of the PostPet characters.
Author or copyright owner	PetWorks
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: Official PostPet website Immediate source: https://www.so-net.ne.jp/postpet/chara/
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	PostPet
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	This image will be used within the Characters section to illustrate the characters of the software.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The article is about a copyrighted work, so all images would be copyrighted.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It will only be used in the single section of the article as mentioned above.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of this image does not provide an alternative to the PostPet software, its spin-off media, or its merchandise. It simply provides a single image of the characters.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of PostPet//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PostPet_characters.pngtrue

Licensing

This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) whoever holds copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works.

Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright.

It is believed that the use of a picture

to illustrate the three-dimensional work of art in question,
to discuss the artistic genre or technique of the work of art
or to discuss the artist or the school to which the artist belongs

on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement.
Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
Template:Non-free use rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.