File:ShengLongEGMScan.jpg
ShengLongEGMScan.jpg (268 × 370 pixels, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
[edit]Scan of the original Sheng Long joke that appeared in page 60 of the April 1992 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly.
Source: Scan of page on which the article appeared.
Usage: To illustrate the hoax in full context as printed in the magazine saved at a size to allow for legibility of text, as well as to display the April Fool's contest on the same page as the hoax.
Licensing
[edit]This work is copyrighted (or assumed to be copyrighted) and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content § Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content § Audio clips, and it is not covered by a more specific non-free content license listed at Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates. However, it is believed that the use of this work:
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:Copyrights. | |||
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Fair use rationale for Sheng Long and EGM April Fools' jokes
[edit]Kung Fu Man asserts that the limited use of this copyrighted image in Wikipedia articles directly pertaining to it is a fair use of the image, for the following reasons:
- No free-license alternatives are available that convey the same information.
- The image is no larger, and of no higher quality, than required for its use in articles.
- It is used in Wikipedia only for educational purposes and is not used for profit.
- Its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder.
- Its use on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.
- The image size is no bigger than the smallest necessary to maintain text legibility, and cropped to focus solely on the material illustrated for the article.
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current | 02:09, 2 June 2017 | 268 × 370 (34 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
13:48, 8 March 2011 | No thumbnail | 433 × 599 (87 KB) | Kung Fu Man (talk | contribs) | While appreciated, fair use limits the size of the image to around 400px |
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