File:Billryan112263.jpg

Fair use in Bill Ryan (journalist)[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:

1. It illustrates an educational article about the entertainment act that the photo represents.
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
3. It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
4. The photo is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the material.
5. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
6. The image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program, and is used for identification and critical commentary on the program and its contents.

Summary[edit]

TV screenshot grabbed by myself from an old tape. Fair use "for critical commentary and discussion of the cinema and television."

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification of and critical commentary on the television program and its contents 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. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Billryan112263.jpg true