File:Wonderfalls.jpg

Fair Use Rationale

Promotional image for the television series "Wonderfalls".

The source of this image is http://www.episodeguides.com/scripts/getshow.php?s=wonderfalls&p=index&m=html.

This image is subject to copyright by Fox Entertainment Group, but it is covered by U.S. fair use laws for inclusion in the article "Wonderfalls" because:

It is a publicity photo, released by the Fox Broadcasting Company for promotional purposes.
As an image created to promote a television series, it identifies the subject of the article about the series.
It is not replaceable with free content, as any image of the television series would be similarly owned by the copyright holder.
It is a low resolution copy of the image.
It does not interfere with the copyright owner's economic interests.
It does not limit the copyright owner's rights.
It is being used for educational and informational purposes only.

Licensing

This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit.

The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.

It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:

the person(s), product, event, or subject in question;
where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it;
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation;

qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. 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.

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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 must 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.

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