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Scan of the VHS cover

Fair use in Starrcade

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  2. It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
  3. The boxart is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo.
  4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. lp2xxx 20:00, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Licensing

This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers

to illustrate the videotape in question
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 for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:40, 9 January 2008	391×560 (30 KB)	Lp2xxx (Talk \| contribs)	(Scan of the VHS cover Fair use in Starrcade Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: 1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic. 2. It is a low r)