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[edit] Fair use rationale for Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series & Archie comic)

Fair use in Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series & Archie comic): This image was provided by the publisher to promote the release of the original comic.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series & Archie comic)
Description

Sonic the Hedgehog as was shown on the cover of StH #176
Source

Image originally scanned and uploaded by User:Hauntedexodus.
Article

Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series & Archie comic)
Portion used

Artwork shown as published
Low resolution?

Yes, resized for fair use guidelines
Purpose of use

Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series & Archie comic): For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Replaceable?

No free use image available.
Other information Archie Comics / SEGA. Copyright 2007.

[edit] Licensing

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.

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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current00:34, 8 October 2007275×299 (117 KB)Hauntedexodus (Talk | contribs) (The character of Sonic the Hedgehog was was shown on the cover of StH #176, published by Archie Comics. Image was provided online by the publisher. For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article. No other free use i)
23:53, 7 October 2007573×622 (286 KB)Hauntedexodus (Talk | contribs) (The character of Sonic the Hedgehog was was shown on the cover of StH #176, published by Archie Comics. Image was provided online by the publisher. For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article. No other free us)

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 17:30, 7 October 2007
Color space sRGB