File:The 4400 - 1x1-2 - Pilot.jpg

Non-free use rationale for Pilot (The 4400 episode)[edit]

The above image is believed to qualify as fair use as it is an image of: a web resolution, and of a lower quality then broadcast/verbatim media releases. The image provides critical commentary on an episode of the television show The 4400. Furthermore it is believed that this image will not impede the copyright owners' ability to profit.

More specifically the image is providing critical commentary on the episode "Pilot" in depicting the return of the 4400 to Highland Beach (The image depicts and is providing critical commentary on the following bolded text from the synopsis stated on the List of Episode page: "While emitting a sound the comet begins to shrivel and lose its cohesion, seconds later the ball of light explodes sending a shock-wave that knocks all on-lookers over, returning to their feet they discover the comet has gone and thousands of people have appeared.")

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:The_4400_-_1x1-2_-_Pilot.jpg true

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 template is only for use on images which are screenshots from television. For screenshots of title cards of television programs or station IDs, use {{Non-free title-card}} instead. Template:Non-free use rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.