File:StoneSmoking.jpg

Summary[edit]

Description: Low-resolution reproduction of screenshot from the movie Basic Instinct (1992), featuring star Sharon Stone
Corporate author/copyright holder: Sony Pictures
Source: Image capture from DVD

Fair use in film noir[edit]

The image linked here is claimed by Wikipedia editor DCGeist to be used under fair use as:

1. it is a single screenshot from a historically significant feature-length film;
2. it is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality);
3. its use does not impair the copyright holder's ability to sell or promote the film in any way;
4. it is being used only for informational purposes; and
5. its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it supports a discussion of one of the most notable films in the genre's recent history, and specifically of it expressionistic visual code, as sourced in the article and depicted in the image.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for critical commentary and discussion of the film 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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