Image:Tau arms and Armor Etherial.jpg

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[edit] Summary

  • Description: A picture taken of Tau Empire arms and amour. Note that I spelt Ethereal wrong in the title.
  • Source: Own work
  • Date Made: January 27th 2007
  • Date Uploaded: January 27th 2007
  • Author: Dfrg.msc
  • Uploader: Dfrg.msc
  • Permission: Given (See Below)


[edit] Licensing

This photograph is a derivative work of art based on a miniature created and copyrighted by Games Workshop. As such, it is used on Wikipedia under Fair Use guidelines only.

Copyrighted

This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) who owns copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works.

Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright.

It is believed that the use of a picture

  • to illustrate the three-dimensional work of art in question,
  • to discuss the artistic genre or technique of the work of art
  • or to discuss the artist or the school to which the artist belongs

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

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

The author of the image Dfrg.msc) have released their rights to the photograph itself - meaning that the image enters the public domain the moment Games Workshop's copyright on the miniature design expires (a long way in the future as of 2006). As stated above, until that time the photograph may only be used under Fair Use guidelines.

Public domain

I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
In case this is not legally possible,
I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

[edit] Fair use for Tau Empire

This image, being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (Dfrg.msc) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. The No equivalent free image can be created
  2. It adds significantly to the article by displaying a characteristic miniature being discussed
  3. The use of this image on Wikipedia will have no impact on the commercial value of the miniature or any other works the miniature is currently used in.

File history

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  • (del) (cur) 01:08, 27 January 2007 . . Dfrg.msc (Talk | contribs) . . 789×1153 (300,354 bytes) (*'''Description''': A picture taken of Tau Empire arms and amour. *'''Source''': Own work *'''Date Made''': January 27th 2007 *'''Date Uploaded''': January 27th 2007 *'''Author''': Dfrg.msc *'''Uploader''': [[User: Dfrg.)

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