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[edit] Summary

VHS cover - visual reference

Fair use rationale for the use in the article on the operetta The Desert Song

The use of this image in the article The Desert Song qualifies under the fair use doctrine because:

it is a low resolution copy of a video recording cover;
it is used solely illustrate the article describing the film of The Desert Song recorded on the VHS tape;
its use does not limit the copyright owner's rights or opportunities to sell or use the image or recording; and
it cannot be replaced by an equivalent free image.

[edit] Licensing

This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers

to illustrate the videotape in question
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:Fair use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.