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This is a screenshot of Star Trek: The Next Generation's character William T. Riker from the episode The Best of Both Worlds. It is used for identification of, and critical commentary upon the fictional character "William T. Riker"

[edit] Licensing

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the station ID or program and its contents
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, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content.

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

[edit] Fair Use Rationale for William T. Riker

There exists no free alternative, nor can one be created. Riker is a fictional character, all images of him are necessarily copyrighted.
This image respects commercial opportunties - a cropped screenshot cannot meaningfully compete with a 44 minute episode.
The image represents a minimal use - it is a cropped screenshot - less than a single frame from an episode that has over 50 000 frames. It is of a reasonable low resolution.
The image has been previously published, in the broadcasted, as well as sold on DVD Star Trek The Next Generation episode "The Best of Both Worlds"
The image is of a major character from a culturally significant series of television shows. It is encyclopaedic.
The image generally meets the image use policy.
The image is used in at least one article, William T. Riker.
The image contributes strongly to the article. As a fictional character, the subject is more easily visualised.
The image is used only in the article namespace.
The image is from http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/William_Riker and the copyright is owned by Paramount Pictures.

Image from http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Image:Riker2366.jpg

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