File:KingJamesPlay poster.jpeg
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Fair use rationale for use in article King James (play)
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the play from which the poster illustration was taken.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
- The use of the play poster illustration will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the play.
- It is a low resolution image.
- The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
- It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Licensing
This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters
- 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,