File:Etheridge Michaels message.jpg

Summary[edit]

self-made screenshot of the music video for Melissa Etheridge's "Message to Myself"

Fair use rationale:

1. No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
2. The image does not replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
3. The screenshot is of lower resolution than the original video.
4. The video has previously been published.
5. The meets general Wikipedia content requirements.
6. The material is used in the article Message to Myself and only in said article.
7. The material contributes significantly to the article by identifying the subject.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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. This tag should only be used for music video screenshots. Do not use it for other purposes. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. Fair use true