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[edit] Fair use for Jean DeWolff

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Jean DeWolff
Description

A panel featuring the Marvel Comics character Jean DeWolff
Source

Scan
Article

Jean DeWolff
Portion used

One panel
Low resolution?

Low
Purpose of use

To identify the character Jean DeWolff
Replaceable?

No free alternative exists as it is under copyright. Therefore, it is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. it is a low resolution copy of a comic book panel, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
  2. The use of the panel will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book.
  3. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. It illustrates educational articles about the character depicted on the cover, the Jean DeWolff.
  5. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;

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File change date and time 10:25, 20 November 2004
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