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[edit] Licensing

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. 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 web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the station ID or 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 United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Fair use.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Source: [1] [2]

These images are from raw and edited video supplied by Al Manar TV in Beirut, April, 1996.

The assertion that the use of this image qualifies as fair use has been disputed by one or more individuals. Further information may be available below or on the image's talk page. Please provide a rationale as to why this image qualifies as fair use. If no acceptable rationale can be provided, this image may be nominated for deletion in the future.

It should also be pointed out the Wikipedia's definition of "fair use" is believed to be more descriptive than what is required by United States copyright law. The assertions below only apply to the legal definition.

[edit] Summary

A Scene showing some bodies of victims from the massacre in Qana in 1996

Fair use rationale:

The use of this image on Wikipedia is believed to be subject to fair use, due to the following facts in relation to the four factors defined by the federal copyright statute for evaluating fair use (17 U.S.C. 107), which are as follows:

the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
the nature of the copyrighted work;
the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Concerning the use of this image with relation to the above statutory factors for fair use:

the use of the image is of a non-commercial nature, for nonprofit educational purposes; neither Wikipedia nor any of its editors derives any commercial benefit or profit from the use, and its use furthers Wikipedia's efforts to educate the public on a matter of widely circulated critical commentary on political and social institutions, recognized as high-value speech under the First Amendment;
the images are from raw and edited video supplied by Al Manar TV in Beirut, April, 1996 [3].
the portion of the copyrighted work used is a single still frame from a program, thereby constituting only a fraction of the entirety of the video aspect of the work, an very simal amount that is valuable for informing others of the nature of the event; and
as a still frame from a television program, the likely value of the image as a substitute for the original is small, while the image and the context in which it is used is likely to draw and stimulate interest in the original work, thereby enhancing the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Evaluated in light of the factors governing fair use defined by United States copyright law, the evidence is apparently consistent with the use of this still image for articles on Wikipedia related to 1996 shelling of Qana constituting fair use.

--Striver 17:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for use in the article, 1996 shelling of Qana

This is a low-resolution screenshot from a Al Manar TV broadcast;
No free or public domain images have been located for this purpose. While public domain images may exist for the subject of the article, none has been located that adequately illustrates the point in the event that is discussed in the accompanying text;
Given that the event has already happened, it is no longer possible to create a new free image to depict the event;
The screenshot does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the television program in any way, and;
The screenshot is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original television program in any way.

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(del) (cur) 22:34, 15 September 2006 . . Banzoo (Talk | contribs) . . 366×268 (31,214 bytes) (A Scene showing some bodies of victims from the massacre in Qana in 1996)