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The author explicitly states [1] that he allows his work to be published as long as he is mentioned as the original creator.

However, this is a case of fan art and that it falls under a gray area of which may fall under derivative work which is controlled by the creator of Simpsons. Assume fair use unless told otherwise.

[edit] Licensing

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "fan fiction":

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 ([2]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([3]),

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.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed fair use rationale.

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(del) (cur) 22:55, 18 March 2007 . . Orthologist (Talk | contribs) . . 864×599 (183,572 bytes) (The author explicitly states [http://spacecoyote.deviantart.com/] that he allows his work to be published as long as he is mentioned as the original creator.)