File:Videos8698plus.jpg
Videos8698plus.jpg (250 × 340 pixels, file size: 19 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
| Description |
This is a poster for The Videos 86>98. |
|---|---|
| Source |
The poster art can or could be obtained from Virgin Video. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
The entire poster: because the image is poster art, a form of product packaging or service marketing, the entire image is needed to identify the product or service, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image. |
| Low resolution? |
The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original poster. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as counterfeit artwork, pirate versions or for uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork. |
| Purpose of use |
Section. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work, product or service for which it serves as poster art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed at the beginning of a section discussing the work, product or service to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the creator providing graphic design services, and in turn the marketing of the promoted item. |
| Replaceable? |
As film poster art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the same artwork or poster would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. Using different image would be misleading as to the identity of the work, product or service |
| Other information |
Use of the poster art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Videos 86–98//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Videos8698plus.jpgtrue | |
Summary[edit]
DVD box art for the video The Videos (86-98).
Licensing[edit]
  | This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers
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Fair use rationale for The Videos (86-98) article[edit]
This copyrighted image is used in the English-language Wikipedia article "The Videos (86-98)". The manner of said use constitutes a "fair use" under United States copyright law. Specifically:
- The English-language Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization.
- The article for which the use occurs is purely educational in nature.
- The sole purpose of this use is to illustrate the DVD in question.
- Said image is the primary means of visual identification of the main topic of the article.
- It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for the illegal production of counterfeit goods.
- Since it is copyrighted DVD keep case box art, the image is not replaceable with a free content image.
- The image 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 image.
- The market for the original DVD product will not be diminished by this use of the image.
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