File:Armoredcarposterold.jpg

Summary edit

Film poster of film: Armored Car Robbery. Low resolution.

Source: http://www.yammeringmagpie.com/catalog/images/Armored-Car-Robbery_sm.jpg

Source edit

Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the Film Poster (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.

Fair use rationale for use in article Armored Car Robbery edit

Although this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

• This image is being used to illustrate the article of the movie in question and is used for informational purposes only.
• This image is of low resolution of film poster.
• Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the image.
• It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work, in fact, it may encourage sales.
• The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
• Image is needed for educational purposes only in relation to the subject it is discussing and to identify the film in cinematic history.
• Image used for comment, reporting, and teaching qualifies as Fair Use.
• The image is significant because it was used to promoted a notable 1950 film.

Licensing edit

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, 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.

Fair use true