File:Color purple poster.jpg

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for The Color Purple (musical)
Description	Original theatre poster - Broadway Theatre, New York, 2005
Source	http://www.footlightsgallery.com/cat_b-c.htm
Article	The Color Purple (musical)
Portion used	portional
Low resolution?	Low resolution thumbnail, far lower resolution than original cover
Purpose of use	The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the play itself. It is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification for informational and educational purposes. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality for uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original product.
Replaceable?	No free equivalent exists that would effectively identify the article's subject.
Other information	It is held that the use of copyrighted book cover images for the purpose of illustration is permitted under US copyright law governing the fair use of copyrighted properties.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Color Purple (musical)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Color_purple_poster.jpgtrue

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to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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