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The infamous Cousin Oliver, in a screenshot from an episode of The Brady Bunch. © Paramount Television.

[edit] Fair use in Robbie Rist

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the fictional television character, Cousin Oliver, which is a significant topic within the article about the actor who portrayed that character.
The image provides important visual information about the character in the context of the show, and is the only way to illustrate what is the most notable role of the article subject's career.
The image is a screenshot from a single frame of a single episode of the television series.
The use of the screenshot will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the television episode.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
The character and the television series are copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the screenshot with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

[edit] Fair use in The Brady Bunch

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the fictional television character, Cousin Oliver, which is a significant topic within the article about the television series in which he appeared.
The image provides important visual information about the character in the context of the show, and is the only way to illustrate what is the most notable role of the article subject's career.
The image is a screenshot from a single frame of a single episode of the television series.
The use of the screenshot will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the television episode.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
The character and the television series are copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the screenshot with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

[edit] Fair use in Characters of the Brady Bunch

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of Cousin Oliver, a subtopic within the article.
The use of the screenshot of a television episode will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the episode.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
Cousin Oliver is a copyrighted, fictional character that is only depicted in copyrighted television episodes, and so it is impossible to replace the image with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the film 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.