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4 Licensing

[edit] Summary

image taken from the cover of a scanned book. Used in article: King Smurf.

[edit] Fair use rationale

It is believed that this image is subject to fair use in the article because:

The image is used for identification and critical commentary of the article's subject.
The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work.
The image is a web-resolution image, of lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
As only one panel of a multiple page story, the image does not limit the copyright owner's ability to sell the issue from which it came.
It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the work in any way.
It depicts s fictional subject (such as a character) that is copyrighted.
It would be impossible to create a replacement image which would not be subject to the original author's copyright.
The image is only used to illustrate the fictional subject(s).
It is used in Wikipedia only for educational purposes and is not used for profit.
Its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder.
Its use on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

[edit] Licensing

This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that

the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
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 and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

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

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current	18:23, 11 December 2007	211×211 (12 KB)	Marktreut (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == image taken from the cover of a scanned book. Used in article: King Smurf. © Peyo == Fair use rationale == It is believed that this image is subject to fair use in the article because: # The image is used for identification and criti)