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Fair use rationales

Non-free media information and use rationale true for B. D. (Doonesbury)
Description	digitally released art featuring the B.D. character from the Doonesbury strip
Source	via Doonesbury.com
Article	B. D. (Doonesbury)
Portion used
Low resolution?	Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction
Purpose of use	Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.
Replaceable?	Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.
Other information	Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because: It is a low resolution copy of artwork featuring a comic strip character, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product, the strip taken in its entirety; The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic strip; Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic strip; The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic strips, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of B. D. (Doonesbury)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bd2.jpgtrue

Summary

pic of character from Doonesbury

Licensing

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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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current	21:59, 17 August 2006		200 × 215 (24 KB)	Loontern (talk \| contribs)	pic of character from Doonesbury

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