Image:Megatokyo main character erika.png

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This is a single panel of Hayasaka Erika, a main character from Fred Gallagher's webcomic/manga, Megatokyo. The panel was taken from strip 825: not everything, and was cropped using Photoshop.

© 2006 Fred Gallagher.

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Copyrighted 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.

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[edit] Fair use rationale for use in Megatokyo

It is believed that the use of this image, Megatokyo main character erika.png, qualifies as fair use in the article Megatokyo because:

  • No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information.
  • This image is used solely for the purpose of illustrating the topic in question, and does not impair the copyright holder's ability to sell the original work in any way.
  • As this image is a single comic strip panel, it would not be useful for criminal reproduction of the entire strip, and therefore the use of this image does not pose a threat to the salability of the original.

[edit] Fair use rationale for use in Main characters of Megatokyo

It is believed that the use of this image - Megatokyo main character erika.png - qualifies as fair use in the article Main characters of Megatokyo because:

  • No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information.
  • This image is used solely for the purpose of illustrating the topic in question, and does not impair the copyright holder's ability to sell the original work in any way.
  • As this image is a single comic strip panel, it would not be useful for unlawful reproduction of the entire strip, and therefore the use of this image does not pose a threat to the saleability of the original.

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current08:05, 3 April 2006215×230 (23 KB)JimmyBlackwing (Talk | contribs) (This is a single panel of Hayasaka Erika, a main character from Fred Gallagher's webcomic/manga, Megatokyo. The panel was taken from strip [http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=825 825: not everything], and was cropped using Photoshop.)

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