File:Bat-Signal.jpg

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	Cover of Batman #684 (February 2009). Art by Alex Ross.
Author or copyright owner	Alex Ross / DC Comics
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	[1]
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Bat-Signal
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	No free use image available. As this a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The image has a low resolution.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The resolution is low enough to not interfere with the DC Comics copyright, but high enough to allow easy identification.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Bat-Signal//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bat-Signal.jpgtrue

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where no free alternative exists or can be created,
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:02, 28 February 2017		267 × 373 (17 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	18:08, 19 October 2016	No thumbnail	500 × 700 (63 KB)	DrRC (talk \| contribs)	Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard

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