Image:Oscar statuette.jpg
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[edit] Summary
| Non-free / fair use media rationale for Academy Award | |
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| Description |
This is an official photograph of an Academy Award of Merit, popularly known as the "Oscar" statuette. |
| Source |
78th Academy Awards® Press Kit Images - http://photos.oscars.org/downloadpreview.php/051211_002-p.jpg |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
The whole image is copyrighted. However, this does not make the work as a whole less valuable to the copyright holder. |
| Low resolution? |
Yes. |
| Purpose of use |
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification for the article's subject matter. |
| Replaceable? |
There are no free equivalents of this image since all depictions of an Oscar statuette are subject to the copyright regulations of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. No image showing an Oscar can claim to be free, regardless of the license under which it may be released on Wikipedia (see below). All of the Oscar-related images on Wikimedia Commons are either Oscar icons created by Wikipedia users, or photos of giant look-alike Oscar statues. Therefore, they do not accurately depict an actual Oscar statuette. |
| Other information |
This image is taken from the official Academy website. Its use in all Academy Awards-related articles on Wikipedia is explicitly allowed by the Academy's copyright regulations, which state in regard to this specific image (bold font added): "The Oscar statuette is the copyrighted property of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the statuette and the phrases "Academy Award(s)" and "Oscar" are registered trademarks under the laws of the United States and other countries. All published representations of the Award of Merit statuette, including photographs, drawings and other likenesses, must include the legend ©A.M.P.A.S.® to provide notice of copyright, trademark and service mark registration. Permission is hereby granted for use of the representation of the statuette in newspapers, periodicals and on television only in legitimate news articles or feature stories which refer to the annual Academy Awards as an event, or in stories and articles which refer to the Academy as an organization or to specific achievements for which the Academy Award has been given. Its use and any other use is subject to the Legal Regulations for using intellectual properties of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences published by the Academy." |
[edit] Licensing
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This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) who owns copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works. Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright. It is believed that the use of a picture
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. |
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| current | 14:32, 2 May 2008 | 261×400 (17 KB) | BomBom (Talk | contribs) | ({{Non-free use rationale |Article=Academy Award |Description=This is an official photograph of an Academy Award of Merit, popularly known as the "Oscar" statuette. |Source=78th Academy Awards® Press Kit Images - http://photos.oscars.org/downloadpreview.p) |
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