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Strike_zone.png‎ (10KB, MIME type: image/png)

Source: MLB website graphic

[edit] Licensing

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To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia ([1]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([2]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

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[edit] Rationale

It is believed that the use of this image in the English language Wikipedia constitutes Fair Use under United States copyright law for the following reasons:

No free or public domain images have been located for the subject of the article.
The use of the image does not limit the copyright owners' rights or ability to distribute the image in any way.
The image is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the value of the original image or its copyright in any way.
The article in question describes a conceptual area, and benefits greatly from a reference image.

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(del) (cur) 15:08, 21 July 2004 . . Stevertigo (Talk | contribs) . . 347×352 (9,909 bytes)
(del) (rev) 23:44, 20 July 2004 . . Stevertigo (Talk | contribs) . . 347×352 (9,712 bytes)
(del) (rev) 23:40, 20 July 2004 . . Stevertigo (Talk | contribs) . . 347×352 (9,685 bytes) (Edited from MLB website graphic. Fair use, perhaps.)