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[edit] Licensing

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- the issue of the comic book in question;
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- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
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- 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.

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Peanuts

This image is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

No free alternative to the last comic strip exists.
This is scanned from a newspaper at low resolution, and is unlikely to affect the sales of Peanuts books due to its low quality.
It illustrates several classic scenes involving the Peanuts characters that would be difficult to include otherwise.
Includes Schulz's famous "goodbye" message essential to the understanding of why the comic strip was discontinued.

Mike (Talk) 20:47, 27 November 2006 (UTC)